Police need to investigate Sidra's case asap

Shall Express:

Recently a female student, namely Sidra daughter of Amjid Raheem from Turbat has committed suicide. According to her family members she has done so due to failure of MCAT( medical college admission test) whereas social media activists claim this is a false confirmation from her family members. Activists have affirmed that she has attempted suicide due to blackmailing and her family hides the reality due to their family honor which the activists have called  'a so-called honor and an old tradition'. Activists, after inquiry of same facts from her bosom buddies, have raised a number of questions to be answered by her family if she was not harassed; firstly, her second year classes were going on, so how can she be eligible in the said exams? Secondly, accepted she has appeared in MCAT, then what is her roll number? Furthermore they have questioned that why she has deleted her Instagram and other social media accounts before to suicide. Activists make her father's confirmation wrong as they have said that many female students have been blackmailed in Quetta. By the way, Sidra was attending her second year classes in Quetta. However, activists are right on behalf of their authentic questions. Sidra's family members may cover up the actual case owing to an old tradition to protect their honour in such cases as they live in a tribal and conservative society but this is not the right approach to such cases. By their false confirmation, they add fuel to the fire to protect and encourage the offenders to blackmail more students. Recently it was Sidra to suicide due to harassment, upcoming days thousands female will do so if the families maintain the same mentality. In this regard, police is highly requested to look into this matter seriously. If she was harassed, the criminals must be punished according to laws so that tomorrow nobody should do the same inhumanly act.

Hatir Aslam

Quetta