LAHORE – According to data provided by the World Health Organization Close to 800,000 people die due to suicide every year which is one person every 40 seconds. Many attempt suicide but are saved by timely efforts. Pakistani students are under constant worries due to personal or social expectations, therefore, mental health of these youngsters is not always at it’s best.
A student of Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences, Jamshoro, allegedly committed suicide in the varsity’s hostel on Thursday by shooting himself in the head while his roommate was away. According to LUMHS spokesman Dr. Saroop Bhatia, the deceased Muhammad Atif Arain was found lying in his bed with a pistol in his hand.”His roommate informed the administration that the room of Arain was locked from inside and that he was not opening it even after repeated knocking,” the spokesman said quoting the roommate Muhammad Rafay. However, the cause of his suicide is not known as there was no note or message left behind. The police said the investigation had been started and the family would decide about registration of the FIR.
It is the second suicide of a student in the education city Jamshoro in as many years. In January, 2016, a student of Sindh University was found hanged from the ceiling fan of her hostel room.
The body was later shifted to Liaquat University Hospital by the parents for postmortem. The spokesman told that the deceased was a 3rd-year MBBS student who hailed from Badin district. He was allotted room number 61 in Ibn-e-Seena hostel, he added. The spokesman said he was unaware that any of the hostel’s staff or other inmates had informed to the authorities about having heard the sound of a gunshot. He said besides the police the LUMHS would also conduct an internal inquiry of the death.
May the departed soul rest in peace.
