HARIPUR, May 13: A young man committed suicide in Khanpur on Tuesday.

Police quoted one Hukum Dad of village Nain Sukh as saying that his son Muhammad Naseer, 25, was jobless for the last several years. He wanted Naseer to join the army but he was not interested. On Tuesday afternoon, my son locked himself in a room and shot himself in the head, Hukum Dad told police.

The injured Naseer was shifted to the hospital where doctors pronounced him dead.