LAHORE: Four people, including three girls, died when a family of five consumed toxic pills in an attempt to commit suicide on Wednesday in the Shahpur area of Lahore.
Sources said that 40-year-old rickshaw driver Akbar took poisonous pills along with his wife and three daughters due to poverty.
They were shifted to Jinnah Hospital where initially the man and two of his daughters were pronounced died. His wife survived and the third daughter later died in the hospital.
Muzamil told DawnNews that they were upset because of financial difficulties and rising inflation and yesterday they had a quarrel over the issue after which they collectively decided to commit suicide.
