Student's death: Examinations of medical colleges in Larkana postponed

LARKANA: The administration of Shaheed Mohtarma Benazir Bhutto Medical University (SMBBMU) Larkana has postponed the examinations of its affiliated medical colleges following the death of a female student, ARY News reported on Thursday.

The examinations of Chandka, Asifa Dental and Benazir College of Nursing colleges have been postponed following a circular issued by the registrar of the SMBBMU Larkana.

The examinations of other medical colleges were also postponed. The colleges include the Institute of Pharmacy, Ghulam Muhammad Mehar Medical College Sukkur.

The hostel of the Chandka Medical College was closed and the female students have been sent back to their homes.

Yesterday, the body of a fourth year’s student in Chandka Medical College had been recovered in a girls’ hostel room.

According to Nosheen Kazmi’s father, he received the information of her daughter’s death via a telephone call. He said that the family will go for a post-mortem to ascertain the cause of death.

The body of the student named Nosheen Kazmi was found to be hanged with a rope in the hostel room. Police officials said that they found a suicide note from the scene.

However, it is still unclear if the student had committed suicide or the incident had been a murder. The students of the medical college had demanded a thorough investigation of the incident.