SUKKUR, July 28: A 60-year-old man committed suicide in Dring Malook Wali village near Mirpur Mathelo on Monday due to extreme poverty and unemployment.

Reports said that Mohammad Hassan Bhutto hanged himself with a rope from a ceiling fan and died instantly. He was father of seven children and was unable to take care of them due to extreme poverty and unemployment, area people said.

Canal Breach: Sindh Canal developed a 50-foot breach at regulator 9/5 near Dhol Noon village near Shikarpur on Monday, inundating paddy crop standing over hundreds of acres, dozens of mud-thatched houses, two fish farms and a graveyard.—Correspondent