Tag: Suicide

LAHORE - Results of the match between India and Pakistan claimed the life of a 40-year-old barber, who died of a heart attack on late Wednesday night, locals of the area told Pakistan Today on Thursday.
Muhammad Khaleel, resident of Abu-Bakar Saddique Colony located on Bund Road in the Sanda Police precincts, had placed thousands of rupees on Pakistan Cricket Team's win and when the team lost the match against his expectation, he started moaning and later felt severe chest pain,

ISLAMABAD - The United States (US) Embassy in Pakistan strongly condemned Thursday's terrorist attack in Charsadda that killed at least 13 people and wounded many others. "We offer our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims. Today's atrocity is the second in as many days believed to have targeted the leader of a political party. Yet again, Pakistani citizens and Pakistan's democracy have been viciously attacked by terrorists who have no respect for the norms of

KARACHI - Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (DCET) was left in a state of shock on Monday after its principal, Professor Salman Baloch, committed suicide on campus. Baloch jumped off the rooftop of the four-storey DCET building, but he was still breathing when his colleagues and students found him. He was immediately rushed to the Liaquat National Hospital, but he breathed his last on the way. The principal had come to the college as per normal, DCET students told Pakistan

NANKANA SAHIB - Nankana Sahib DPO Shahzad Waheed on Monday committed suicide by shooting himself with his official pistol. According to media reports, the incident occurred at 10am on Monday morning. Police said reasons behind the desperate act of the top cop were yet to be known. Waheed was deployed in Nankana Sahib some eight months ago and he hailed from Kamonki City. The officials have started the investigation into the case to come out with the reasons of the suicide.

KARACHI - Salman Baloch, the Principal of Dawood College of Engineering and Technology (DCET), committed suicide, police said.
Baloch jumped from the college building. Baloch's body has been taken to Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Center (JPMC).
According to police, the reason behind committing suicide is not clear so far.
After the incident, all educational activities at the college for March 29 and 30 have been suspended.
Police registered case and started

KHOST - Three suicide bombers killed 20 people in an attack on a construction firm in a restive province in southeastern Afghanistan, government officials said on Monday, with the Taliban claiming responsibility for the assault.
Violence across Afghanistan has spiralled in the past year, with Taliban-led forces stepping up their fight against the Afghan government and its Western backers as Kabul prepares to take over responsibility for security gradually from foreign forces.

PESHAWAR - A suicide car bomb targeting a police station killed five people and injured more than 20 others in Hangu district's Dawaba area on Thursday. The bomber, riding an explosive-laden vehicle, blew himself up near the main gate of the police station, situated around 22 kilometers away from Hangu.
Around 150 kilogrammes of explosives were used in the suicide attack. Deputy Superintendent of Police Meer Chaman Khan told Pakistan Today that five men including a police

PESHAWAR - A suicide car bomb targeting a police station killed five people and wounded 25 others in a restive northwestern Pakistani town, police said.
A police officer and four civilians died in the attack in Doaba town in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, while part of the police station was demolished and at least 10 houses damaged, senior local police official Abdul Rashid said.
"The bomber, riding an explosive-packed car, blew himself up near a police station, killing five

LAHORE - Nabila,16, a housemaid committed suicide over a domestic issue at the house of her employer in Gulberb on Sunday. Nabila was a resident of Sheikhupura and had been working as a housemaid at 157-A-II, Gulberg for the past six years.
For the last few months, Nabila's younger sister Atia had also started living with her at the same house. On the day of incident, the house's owner and his family left the house for shopping when Nabila reportedly picked up a pistol and shot

PESHAWAR - At least 36 people were killed and more than 50 injured when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a funeral in Adezai village on the Peshawar-Kohat Road on Wednesday. The attack was the second in the country in as many days, following Tuesday's car bombing near the office of the Inter-Services Intelligence in Faisalabad. Police said that the explosion took place when around 300 people were preparing to offer funeral prayers for a relative of an active member of the Adezai

KASUR - An old woman committed suicide over a domestic issue here on Monday at village Harrihar in the precincts of Sadar Police Station. Reportedly, Haleema Bibi was divorced some years ago and often remained upset on this issue. On the day of the incident, she ended her life by hanging herself from a tree.
CONSTABLE ROBBED OF CASH, VALUABLES: Bandits deprived a constable of his motorcycle, cash and a cell phone at Chak Deeda in the premises of Mustafaabad Police Station.