LAHORE: A head constable ended his life by shooting himself in his temple in Factory Area police precincts here on Sunday night.

Identified as Ghulam Ali, a father of two, he was attending a promotion course at Chung police training school these days.

Factory Area Station House Officer Wajihul Hassan said the constable was a cancer patient and his disease complicated when he underwent a surgery some weeks back.

He was told by doctors that the disease has progressed to a last stage and chances of his survival were very rare.

He said it seems the head constable ended his life following the critical stage of the the disease.

The SHO said he had been suffering from some mysterious disease for the last 15 years and he used to visit hospitals to fight it.

However, recently Ghulam Ali was told that he was suffering from cancer.

He said further inquiry was under way.

missing: A woman and her three kids from Yakki Gate area have been missing for some time.

Head of the family reported the matter to the police recently, saying his wife Sehar, minor daughters Iram, Hira and Hiram left for his in-laws by a motorcycle rickshaw to spend some days there but they did not reach the destination.

He appealed to the CM Punjab to take notice and direct the police to trace his family.

Published in Dawn, April 30th, 2024