Man commits suicide after killing wife, daughters over loan repayment in Faisalabad

In a shocking incident, a man committed suicide after slaughtering his wife and three daughters in Faisalabad's Dijkot area on Friday, according to a suicide note found near body, said police.

According to police, a person named Muhammad Tahir took the extreme step of ending his own life after brutally killing his wife and three daughters due to inability to repay a loan.

Tahir left behind a suicide note, detailing the dire circumstances that led him to commit this heinous act.

According to the police, he used a hammer to take the lives of his family members before consuming poisonous pills to end his own life.

The note also mentioned the torment his daughters faced from others after his demise, urging not to trouble his brothers and sisters, as they would handle the loan repayment after selling the house.

The incident sheds light on the pressing issue of mental health and financial struggles within communities due to growing loan repayment amid unbearable inflation. The financial crunch in the country has created problems for the majority of working-class people in Pakistan and recently, a scandal of online loan apps came to light when people rushed to them for rescue.

In Rawalpindi, an unemployed man died — purportedly through suicide — due to “threats” made by loan apps for failing to pay back Rs800,000 in debts.

Mohammad Masood, 42, had taken two loans from separate mobile apps, one of which had seen its principal plus interest amass to Rs0.7m, his wife said.

She said her husband had lost his job six months ago, leaving the family unable to pay for their children’s school fees and rent.