I heard just now that Asim Butt (1978-2010), my friend and classmate from LUMS, committed suicide on Friday. (I've been offline for the last couple of days.)
I didn't know Asim as well as I would have liked to but...well, I had always assumed I'd meet up with him some time in the future. My most recent contact with him was last year, in the months after I blogged about him, but I did try to keep up with everything he was up to.
I don't know what led to his decision. Indeed, we may never know. It's just incredibly sad that it had to come to this.
That's about all I can say right now.
Other have said more:
I didn't know Asim as well as I would have liked to but...well, I had always assumed I'd meet up with him some time in the future. My most recent contact with him was last year, in the months after I blogged about him, but I did try to keep up with everything he was up to.
I don't know what led to his decision. Indeed, we may never know. It's just incredibly sad that it had to come to this.
That's about all I can say right now.
Other have said more:
- 'Asim Butt (1978-2010)' [Stucksim]
- 'RIP Asim Butt' by Adil Najam [All Things Pakistan]
- 'The Graffiti Activist: Asim Butt' [Teeth Maestro]
- 'Death of an Artist. Asim Butt 1978-2010' by Imran Khan [The Asia Blog; Al Jazeera]
- 'In Loving Memory of Asim Butt, 1978-2010' [Facebook Group]