RAWALPINDI: A university student committed suicide on Sunday by hanging himself from the ceiling after being scolded by his mother in Dhoke Chaudrian and, separately on Tulsa Road, a woman attempted suicide by taking poisonous pills.

Mustafa Hiader, 22, was found hanged from the ceiling of his room in Mohammadi Colony after his mother scolded him for not focusing on his studies. The police said the victim had attempted to kill himself earlier this week as well by cutting his right wrist and had remained in the hospital.

His body was handed over to the family after a post-mortem was conducted at the District Headquarters Hospital.

In an unrelated incident, a woman tried killing herself by taking poisonous pills after a domestic dispute. She was taken to the Benazir Bhutto Hospital where she is said to be in stable condition.

Published in Dawn, April 24th, 2017