The killing sent shockwaves across Pakistan and triggered an outpouring of grief on social media for Ms Baloch, whose real name was Fauzia Azeem.
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The argument occurred on Friday night, and Baloch was killed on Saturday.
“She wasn’t aware I was killing her”.
She’s seen as something like the Pakistani version of Kim Kardashian West, and now she’s dead – at the hands of her very own brother.
Baloch’s “Ban” music video shows the slain star dancing in “raunchy” attire.
Honor killings remain a common practice in Pakistan, with more than 500 victims – majority women – of such killings each year, reported Al Jazeera.
Perhaps Baloch put it best in a now-haunting tweet posted shortly before her death, “As a women we must stand up for ourselves”.
Qandeel’s father, Muhammad Azeem, had lodged the FIR and named his two sons for killing her in Multan where she had come from Karachi to live with her parents on the occasion of Eid. Despite Qandeel being a “family breadwinner” Azeem found her actions “unbearable” and even says if he didn’t kill her he was considering committing suicide to end the embarrassment he was feeling on behalf of his entire family. “It was around 10:45 pm when I gave her a tablet… and then killed her”.
Ms Baloch, who had become a social media celebrity in recent months, stirred controversy by posting pictures taken with a prominent Muslim cleric. I believe I am a modern day feminist.
“I really feel that no woman is safe in this country”, A Girl in the River: The Price of Forgiveness director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy told AFP news agency, condemning Baloch’s murder. I don’t think there is any need to label ourselves just for sake of society.
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Qavi denied the allegations, saying he only met with her to discuss the teachings of Islam.
