MIANWALI:
A mother of seven children ended her life by consuming poisonous pills along with her two daughters over a domestic dispute in Mohalla Selwan, Kundian on Saturday.
A sense of shock and sadness spread in the neighborhood after the incident.
According to details obtained by The Express Pakinomist, Muhammad Tahir Qureshi, son of Allah Din, a resident of Mohalla Selwan, and his wife had a dispute over marriage proposals for their daughters. The husband allegedly pressured his daughters to accept the marriage proposals as per his wishes, while the wife and daughters did not agree to the proposals.
As a result of the dispute, Tahir’s wife and daughters, 12-year-old Anza and 11-year-old Asma, swallowed a poisonous substance.
The mother and two daughters were shifted to a rural health center where the doctor referred them to Mianwali DHQ Hospital for immediate medical attention. However, the three victims could not survive.
As soon as the incident was reported, Kundian police and Rescue 1122 team reached the spot. After an autopsy was conducted and the police completed the legal procedure, the bodies were handed over to the heirs.
Cases where several members of the same family committed suicide or were killed by their own family have also been reported in the past in the province.
On Monday, a woman poisoned herself and four other members of her family due to financial problems in Okara.
A poor laborer in Okara, Nazar Mohammad, who defaulted on a loan, struggled to make ends meet, as his family often argued over financial issues.
Nazar’s son, 20-year-old Waqas Ahmed, married 19-year-old Naheed two months ago. The couple lived in the Ghouspura area of Basirpur Town, Okara along with Nazar, his 45-year-old wife and sons, 18-year-old Ashfaq Ahmed and 16-year-old Sattar Ahmed.
The family reportedly had a debt of Rs 150,000. The whole family was worried about paying back the debt, and there were often arguments in the house.
Naheed’s in-laws often pressured her to bring money from her father to settle the debt.
Reportedly fed up with the daily arguments, Naheed allegedly fed her in-laws food containing poison due to which her husband Waqas and brother-in-law Ashfaq died, while her other brother-in-law, 16-year-old Sattar Ahmed and mother-in-law were badly affected.
In March last year, a man shot and killed his wife and three children over a domestic dispute before committing suicide in the Rai Chand area of Chiniot.
In April 2019, a man committed suicide after killing his father and sisters over a family dispute regarding his ex-wife, whom he wanted to remarry, in Shafiqabad, Lahore.
Published in The Express Pakinomist, June 28th2020.
