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Annals of Psychophysiology                                                                                                                Volume 4, July 2017                  
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Editorial 

Suicide; A Manic Engulfing Youth 
Sadaf Ahmed, Shamoon Noushad & Salman Sheikh 

Advance Educational Institute & Research Center 

Corresponding Author: sadaf@aeirc-edu.com 

 

Whoever attempts to commit suicide and 

does any act towards the commission of such 

offence shall be punished with simple 

imprisonment for a term which extends to 

one year or with fine or both”. (Major 

criminal Acts, PPC-1860 p; 209 Ed.2005). It 

is always disturbing to know that so many 

adolescents committing suicide in such quick 

succession, one can only wonder about the 

frolic snuffed so callously.  

 

Youth is a more exposed group that is daily 

opened to the stress in Pakistan and opt for 

risky behaviors. Though the figures are 

alarming still more than half of cases go 

unreported due to reluctant families to 

register the case as attempted suicide. World 

Health Organization estimated that over 

15,000 suicides get committed in Pakistan; 

however Psychiatrist estimated it around 

7,000 annually.  

 

Other than this there are approximately 

150,000 reported cases of attempted suicides 

by people under the age of 30 years (WHO, 

2016). There is by all accounts an expansion 

in suicides among youngsters these days. 

 

There was the miserable loss of a 27-year-

old student of bachelors who set himself 

ablaze on the grounds that he wasn't 

permitted to give an exam paper. 

Essentially, the tragic instance of the 17-

year-old Saqiba Kakar, who ingested toxic 

pills after the school central supposedly 

declined to send her examination forms to 

the board. (Syed Ali Shah, 2016). We had 

likewise run over the unfortunate demise of 

Suleman, 14, who shot himself after the 

guardians of the young lady he loved, 

rejected his marriage proposal. (Riaz 

Ahmed, 2016). Furthermore, the rundown 

goes on: 

 

 A 15-year-old student shot himself to death 

in the federal capital on Monday after he fell 

in love with his teacher. (Samaa Web Desk, 

2017). 

 Yaqoob shot himself dead with a pistol at his 

home after his father, Kaleem, scolded him 

for not taking interest in his studies. (Zofeen 

T. Ebrahim, 2012). 

 Eighteen-year-old Khursheed, was a student 

at the Islamabad Model College for Boys, 

Khursheed had apparently refused to take 

some entry tests, on which his father had 

scolded him. (Web Desk, 2012). 

 Shan, 17, a resident of Gharibabad near 

Khanpur, swallowed poison. He did so after 

his parents stopped him from spending time 

with friends and concentrate on his studies 

instead. (The Express Tribune, 2012). 

 A class six student allegedly committed 

suicide inside his house in Nazimabad on 

Tuesday night. He was 13 years old he 

apparently committed suicide by hanging 

himself by the ceiling fan out of fear of his 

parents as he perhaps failed at school. (The 

Express Tribune, 2012). 

 In September of 2013 at the age of 12, 

Rebecca jumped to her death from atop an 

abandoned cement silo. The girls had 

apparently been spurred by jealousy over 

Rebecca’s former involvement with a local 

boy. These messages included “Why are you 

still alive?” and “Go kill yourself.” (Jim 

Goad, 2015). 

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 A 13 year-old boy committed suicide inside 

his house, he hanged himself from ceiling fan 

In his suicide note, he wrote that he was fed 

up of hostel, where he was often subjected to 

severe punishment at the hands of a teacher 

he left unnamed. (The Express Tribune, 

2012) 

 On April 16th, 2010 a 21 year- old medical 

student from Chitral hung himself from 

ceiling fan of his dorm room. (Yusra Salim, 

2016). 

 14 year-old schoolboy suicide in Peshawar, 

he shot himself after the parents of the girl he 

loved, declined his marriage proposal. The 

girl’s parents maintained that she was too 

young to get married. (Riaz Ahmed, 2016). 

 On April 21st, 2016 the nursing student 

allegedly hanged himself from the ceiling fan 

on Wednesday night; he was from Gilgit and 

had been studying at nursing school since 

2014. (Yusra Salim, 2016). 

 On May 11th, 2014 a teenaged girl and a boy 

in his twenties, both were the students of 

university, they committed suicide by eating 

poison, and their bodies were mysteriously 

found dead in the boy’s car parked in the 

parking area. (Dunya News, 2016). 

 On June 19th, 2016 a young man and women 

recently graduates of a private university in 

Hyderabad, committed a suicide by eating 

poison. The family says the couple wanted to 

marry but their parents were opposed to it. 

(Express tribune, 2016). 

 On April 11th, 2016 a final year medical 

student committed suicide after a university 

refused to allow him to appear in the final 

year exam for being late. (Dunya News , 

2016)  

 On September 1st, 2015 teen kill’s girlfriend, 

commits suicide (in school) because parents 

weren’t ready to accept relationship. (Web 

Desk, 2015). 

 A university student tried to commit suicide 

by self- immolation, the 24 year- old boy 

tried to set himself on fire by sprinkling 

kerosene all over his body. The burn injuries 

cover 90 percent of his body, (Express 

Tribune, 2014). 

 A teenage girl from Baluchistan’s Killa 

Saifullah district committed suicide after 

college principal refused to send her 

examination form to the intermediate 

education board. (Syed Ali Shah, 2016). 

 A young teenage couple has allegedly 

committed suicide by hanging themselves on 

a tree in the Cholistan desert after they were 

not allowed by their families to marry. 

(Srafraz Ali, 2017). 

 A university student has committed suicide, 

his mother asked him to go to university but 

he did not want to continue his studies. As his 

mother scolds him on his refusal, he hanged 

himself with the ceiling fan. (Pakistan Today, 

2017) 

 A young 14 year old boy, 9th class student 

committed suicide in his hostel room by 

hanging himself with the ceiling fan for 

unknown reason. (Pakistan Today, 2017). 

 A girl student of “A” levels committed 

suicide by shooting her. The reason behind 

the suicide could not be ascertained. 

(Pakistan Observer, 2017). 

 A young teenage boy committed suicide after 

he flunked the entry test of private university. 

(Atiq Ali, 2016). 

 A 22 year old girl aspirant for admission on 

sport basis in university, committed suicide 

for domestic reason at girl’s hostel, she hang 

herself with the ceiling fan. (Salim Ahmed, 

2016). 

 

The principal cause is lack of communication 

between parents and teenagers. Sometimes 

the kids are going through mixed emotions 

and the fear to discuss issues with adults or 

peers. Anyone with emotional imbalances 

can take such drastic steps. The foundation of 

each heinous is financial discrepancies. The 

parental strain on their high school 

youngsters to push for the expert universities 

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and organizations is a sort of future 

protection, which unleashes the intellectual 

pressure on the youngsters; however, they 

can't confront the ferocious conflicts within 

the community without appropriate facilities. 

This is the basic explanation for the young 

people to go for suicidal results to free 

themselves. For future research, then, it will 

be interesting to explore the interaction there 

may between people with a predisposition to 

suicide, i.e. where clinical depression is 

present, and the pressures on families that 

arise from increasingly competitive 

economic environments. The interaction 

between these sorts of pressures and the 

presence of clinical depression may be a 

cocktail that is increasingly lethal over time. 

 

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Aga Khan University's student commits 

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 Jim Goad (2015, April 22). A pervert 

leaked a topless photo of Amanda Todd, 

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 The Express Tribune (2012, May 28). 

Suicide: 17-year-old swallows poison. 

Retrieve from:     

https://tribune.com.pk/story/385086/suic

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suicide/ 

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