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MIANWALI:
A mom of seven kids ended her life by consuming toxic tablets alongside along with her two daughters over a home dispute in Mohalla Selwan, Kundian on Saturday.
A way of shock and mourning unfold within the neighbourhood after the incident.
As per particulars obtained by The Express Tribune, Muhammad Tahir Qureshi, son of Allah Din, a resident of Mohalla Selwan, and his spouse had a dispute over marriage proposals for his or her daughters. The husband allegedly pressured his daughters to just accept the wedding proposals as per his needs, whereas the spouse and daughters didn’t conform to the proposals.
As a results of the dispute, Tahir’s spouse and daughters, 12-year-old Anza and 11-year-old Asma, swallowed a toxic substance.
The mom and two daughters have been shifted to a rural well being centre, the place physician referred them to the Mianwali DHQ Hospital after instant medical support. However, the three victims couldn’t survive.
As quickly because the incident was reported, Kundian police and Rescue 1122 groups reached the spot. After postmortem was carried out and police accomplished the authorized process, the our bodies have been handed over to the heirs.
Cases the place a number of members of the identical household dedicated suicide or have been killed by their very own household have been additionally been reported earlier within the province.
On Monday, a girl reportedly poisoned herself and 4 different members of her household as a result of monetary issues in Okara.
A poor labourer of Okara, Nazar Mohammad, who didn’t repay a mortgage, was struggling to make ends meet as a result of which his household typically quarreled over monetary points.
Nazar’s son, 20-year-old Waqas Ahmed, married 19-year-old Naheed two months in the past. The couple lived in Ghouspura neighbourhood of Basirpur Town, Okara with Nazar, his 45-year-old spouse, and sons, 18-year-old Ashfaq Ahmed and 16-year-old Sattar Ahmed.
The household reportedly had a debt of Rs150,000. The complete household was nervous about paying again the debt and there have been typically altercations in the home.
Naheed’s in-laws typically pressured her to deliver cash from her father to settle the debt.
Reportedly, Naheed was fed up with the day by day quarrels and allegedly fed her in-laws meals containing poison, as a result of which her husband Waqas and brother-in-law Ashfaq died, whereas her different brother-in-law, 16-year-old Sattar Ahmed, and mother-in-law have been severely affected.
In March final yr, a person shot and killed his spouse and three kids, over a home dispute, earlier than committing suicide in Rai Chand space of Chiniot.
In April 2019, a person dedicated suicide after killing his father and sisters over a household dispute concerning his ex-wife, whom he wished to remarry, in Shafiqabad, Lahore.
Published in The Express Tribune, June 28th, 2020.
