Rawalpindi:A girl student sustained minor injuries in an alleged suicide attempt with a razor blade at the Government Girls School, F-Block, Satellite Town, in protest against the non-issuance of her roll number slip to appear in the Secondary School Certificate (SSC) Annual Examination 2010 which started on Monday.

Sources said that the roll number slips were not issued to more than 12 students of the school. The parents of students requested for the issuance of roll number slips but to no avail. The injured student, Kiran Nazakat, was administered first aid in the school. The roll number slips were issued to the remaining students after the alleged suicide attempt.

When ‘The News’ contacted Principal Shakeela Khatoon, she had already left the school and she was not even available on her mobile phone. However a phone call received by this scribe from the number 0321-5014563 of a man who introduced himself as Abdul Rauf Khan, the husband of the school principal, Shakeela Khatoon, and also editor of debates in the National Assembly, said: “I am in Lahore and my wife called me regarding the issue. I want to clear her position that no such incident took place on the school premises.” He said that it might be possible that such an incident took place in the student’s home.

A teacher, Aneela, told ‘The News’: “We had issued roll number slips to the majority of students. The remaining roll number slips were also given to the students early Monday morning.”

When this correspondent asked her about the incident of Kiran Nazakat, she disconnected the call. When she was again contacted, she said that she was in the examination hall and could not comment.

However she said that there might be another reason behind the incident, but not the issue of the roll number slip. Executive District Officer (Education) Malik Ashraf said: “I am not aware of the incident. I will immediately order an inquiry into the issue if that is the case.The news