Female Teenage Student Commits Suicide

A teenage girl from Balochistan’s Killa Saifullah district, who led a protest against suspension of classes at her college owing to a shortage of female teachers, committed suicide on Friday after the college principal refused to send her examination form to the intermediate education board, family members claim.

17-year-old Saqiba Kakar, who was a second year intermediate student, and 12 other girls were suspended from sitting their Intermediate final exams by Principal Abida Ghous of Government Girls Degree College, Muslim Bagh, allegedly for staging a demonstration outside the Quetta Press Club in June 2015 demanding resumption of classes at their institution.