KARACHI: Woman commits suicide

Published September 8, 2002

KARACHI, Sept 7: A young housewife committed suicide in Gulbahar on Saturday.

Police said that Shahida, aged 30, wife of Athar Mian, resident of Gulbahar near Gujjar nullah, often had arguments with her husband on domestic issues as she had been finding it difficult to meet household expenses with the meagre income of her husband.

On Saturday, too, Shahida had arguments with her husband. After quarrelling with her husband she hanged herself in her house. The body was sent to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for post-mortem.

CARJACKING: Ten vehicles — two cars and eight motorcycles — were either hijacked or stolen in the city on Saturday, police said.

One car was hijacked. The other was stolen.

Three motorcycles were hijacked, and five others were stolen in Saddar, Clifton, Gulshan-i-Iqbal, Gulistan-i-Jauhar, and other localities.

DIES: A young woman died in mysterious circumstances in her house in Ranchhore Lines in the police limits of Nabi Bux.

The body was sent to Civil Hospital for post-mortem. Sources at the hospital said that Nazia, aged 25, married, was found dead in her house. She was the second wife of her husband. Her dead body was brought to the hospital and there was no apparent cause of death. The autopsy report had been reserved till the receipt of the histopathological examination and chemical test, the sources said.

Police were not forthcoming in giving details about the inciden. A cop at Nabi Bux police station said the investigation officer was at the place of occurrence and details would be available after he came back to the police station.

Sources said post-mortem examination had been carried out and more than six hours had passed since the woman was found dead, but police had not registered a case.

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