Top Pakistani snooker participant Majid Ali, 28, dies by suicide

By Press Trust of India: Pakistani snooker participant and Asian Under-21 silver medallist, Majid Ali died by suicide in his hometown Samundri close to Faisalabad in Punjab on Thursday. He was 28.

Majid was reportedly affected by melancholy since his enjoying days and ended his life by utilizing a wood-cutting machine, based on police. He represented Pakistan in a number of worldwide occasions and was a top-ranked participant on the nationwide circuit.

Majid is the second snooker participant to die in a month. Last month, one other worldwide snooker participant, Muhammad Bilal died after struggling cardiac arrest. His brother Umar mentioned Majid was affected by melancholy since his teenage years and suffered one other bout not too long ago.

“It is a horrifying thing for us because we never expected he would take his own life,” mentioned Umar.

The Pakistan Billiards and Snooker chairman, Alamgir Sheikh mentioned the complete group was saddened by Majid’s loss of life.

“He had so much talent and was young and we expected so much from him to bring laurels for Pakistan,” he mentioned.

Sheikh mentioned Majid had no monetary points.

Snooker has turn out to be a high-profile sport within the nation after stars reminiscent of Muhammad Yousuf and Muhammad Asif amongst others helped win the World and Asian Championship titles with a number of gamers even graduating to the skilled circuit.