KARACHI: Woman kills herself

Published January 16, 2003

KARACHI, Jan 15: A young housewife committed suicide at her house in Garden area on Wednesday night.

Police said that Fouzia, aged 24, wife of Farooq, consumed poison after she had an argument with family members over some domestic matter. She lived in Data Terrace in Garden West.

She was rushed to Civil Hospital, where doctors pronounced her dead on arrival.

ACCIDENT: A young man died in a road accident in Korangi Industrial Area on Wednesday.

Police said Tanveer Husain, 25, was riding a motorcycle when a speeding minibus knocked him down. He was rushed to JPMC, where doctors declared him dead.

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