A 21-year-old female student was critically injured after she allegedly attempted suicide by jumping from the fourth floor of a private university campus building in the Nawab Town area on Raiwind Road on Monday, 24NewsHD TV reported.
According to police, the student leapt from the rooftop of the university's building and sustained severe injuries.
The student, identified as 21-year-old Fatima, was enrolled in the Doctor of Pharmacy programme and belongs to Narang Mandi, Sheikhupura district.
Initial reports said she jumped from the same spot from where another D-Pharmacy student, Muhammad Owais, had earlier jumped and died.
University and hospital sources said Fatima survived the fall but suffered critical injuries.
She was first taken to the university’s teaching hospital for emergency treatment and later shifted to a private hospital on Defence Road due to the severity of her condition.
Hospital officials said the student is on a ventilator and remains in critical condition.
She has sustained fractures to her arms, legs and ribs, along with serious head injuries.
Doctors are conducting CT scans and other tests to assess internal damage. Once stabilised, she will be shifted to the Punjab Institute of Neurology for further treatment.
The police arrived at the scene soon after the incident and launched an investigation to determine the circumstances that led to the fall.
Following the incident, the university administration temporarily shut down the campus.
It is pertinent that only a few days earlier, a male student, Muhammad Owais, of the same university had died after jumping from the fourth floor of the building.