Seminar On Increasing Trend Of Suicides Held At Chitral

To contain the trend of suicide among the women folk of Chitral, a seminar on the title of Increasing trend of suicides at Chitral and its preventive measures was held at Upper Chitral, Booni some 75 KM from here

CHITRAL, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 07th Nov, 2017 ) :To contain the trend of suicide among the women folk of Chitral, a seminar on the title of Increasing trend of suicides at Chitral and its preventive measures was held at Upper Chitral, Booni some 75 KM from here.

The seminar was organized by Shandor Welfare organization in collaboration with district government of Chitral Mastuj. Project Director and Vice chancellor University of Chitral, Professor Doctor Badshah Munir Bukhari was the chief guest on this occasion while the ceremony was presided over by Maulana Muhammad Yousaf, Tehsil Nazim Mastuj.

Addressing the occasion, former district health officer Dr Sher Qayum said suicide trend among the women of Chitral is higher comparative to other districts. Religious scholars termed it an unforgiveable sin and said suicide is Haram and strictly banned in islam and those who commit suicide will be deprived of paradise forever.

They said there are different causes for increasing ratio of suicide among the women folk adding lake of Islamic education, ignorance of parents, depriving them of their due rights, being ignored, poverty or premature marriages.

Talking to this scribe, Aminar Nigar, Nazia Kanwal and Inayatullah Aseer said there is no shelter house for women nor there any Psychiatrist at Chitral. They demanded creation of job opportunities for women and giving them chance to engage in positive activities and livelihood programmes or any other employment.

By doing this "we can reduce suicide trend among the women",he said. Those who spoke on the occasion were Maulana Dinar Shah, Maulana Amir Nawaz, Alwaiz Sultan Nigah, Dr Sher Qayum, Qari Imtiazur Rehman, prominent social worker Inayatullah Aseer, Nasir Ali Shah, Sub Divisional Police Officer Muhammad Zaman, Member Tehsil Council Sardar Hakeem, Senior journalist Muhkamuddin, Prof Dr.

Badshah Munir Bukhari and Tehsil Nazim Mastuj Maulana Muhammad Yousaf. At the end Shandor Welfare Organization presented awards to some journalists and social workers who worked on this striking issue.

A large number of people belonging to all walks of life and locals highly hailed efforts of Muhammad Ali Mujahid, Chief Editor of Shandor Times and his team for conducting this seminar for the first time in Chitral.