ISLAMABAD, July 14: A student dejected over failure in his matriculation examinations committed suicide at his residence in Sector G-9/3 here on Monday.

Police said Fakhar Ali, 18, shot himself dead with a 30-bore pistol when he came to know that he failed in three subjects after the Federal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education (FBISE) announced the examination results.

The deceased was the son of a stenographer at the Islamabad College of Girls.

The police shifted the body to the Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims) for legal process and also seized the weapon used in the incident. It was not clear that how the victim got hold of the pistol.

According to the police, the statements of the victim’s family were yet to be recorded as they were in mourning.