Karachi’s jobless journalist commits suicide
Karachi’s jobless journalist commits suicide!
Faheem Mughal, 35, father of five children hanged himself with the ceiling fan with his wife’s dupatta on Thursday night after the family went to sleep.
As being reported he was laid off a couple of months earlier was unemployed and an Rs60,000 bank debt became too much for him to bear.
He had started driving rikshaw brought on rent, but it wasn’t helpful enough to make both ends meet.
Reportedly, the day he took his life, Faheem had no money in his pocket to buy milk for his child.
“Despite all my efforts, I have not been able to meet the needs of my children or take care of their petty desires. Related to the media sector, maybe there will be a case where I can at least make them a small house, but now I can not get a job and the rickshaw can not earn enough to get out of the debt burden. I take my CV with me everywhere, I give interviews, but the only answer I get is that the situation is in front of you now,” there were the words, Faheem Mughal, a had spoken to his wife, Shehzadi Mughal, before committing suicide.
Faheem’s wife revealed that he had attempted to take his own life twice before. Both times, she had saved him.
Speaking to BBC Urdu, Faheem’s close friend Umair Dabeer revealed that a few hours before he took his life, Faheem Mughal did not have enough money in his pocket to buy milk for his child.
The news has left the journalist community and netizens miserable.
Reactions pour in on the news of Faheem Mughal’s suicide
https://twitter.com/AbdulQa83371233/status/1464505187553488896
This is so tragic. Journalist Faheem Mughal, page-maker w/ an Urdu newspaper in Karachi, got laid-off, began driving rickshaw, and took his own life. This account says he was worried due to inflation, living costs and bank loan of Rs60k. https://t.co/6A5sbQ4Zll
— Rabia Mehmood – رابعہ (@Rabail26) November 26, 2021
The entire media fraternity bears responsibility for #FaheemMughal's unfortunate passing. I hope we can all be more considerate and helpful towards each other in these tough times.
— Hamza Azhar Salam (@HamzaAzhrSalam) November 26, 2021
If any journo needs any help feel free to reach out to @ThePakDaily. https://t.co/Ug5rHb6biy
#FaheemMughal's s story is very painful. When a millionaire anchorperson is banned from civil society to journalists' unions, everyone protests. But when a little-known journalist commits suicide due to an economic crisis created by the govt, no-one utters a word.
— Kiyya Baloch (@KiyyaBaloch) November 26, 2021
Sadly, most ppl talking abt #faheemMughal are making an intentional effort to call him a “media worker” instead of a “journalist”. Does that mean the PFUJ shouldn’t be talking about his death because he was “technically not a journalist” Deplorable segregation within the media. https://t.co/7DfcdnOsoC
— Malik Siraj Akbar (@MalikSirajAkbar) November 27, 2021
