Later she was laid to rest on Sunday in her ancestral village near Dera Ghazi Khan.
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Qandeel’s murderer confessed during investigation that he had planned to kill her sister after her scandals with renowned religious scholar Mufti Abdul Qavi gained media attention.
“[Waseem] had serious reservations regarding her pictures being circulated on social media”, Baloch’s father, Muhammad Azeem told reporters in Multan, according to Reuters.
Multan Police Chief Akram Azhar says the police have been searching for the brother, Waseem Azeem, who runs a local mobile phone shop. Unlike more conventional Pakistani female celebrities – who found fame portraying pious damsels in distress on television and film – her videos were not slickly produced, her English was not flawless and she was curvaceous and self deprecating. In one of Baloch Facebook posts, the model tried to burst out to change the typical orthodox mindset of the Pakistani people, CBC reported. Her social media posts stirred both support and discomfort among her almost 750,000 Facebook followers. Tahir said Qandeel’s death was not due to a matter of honor but due to the “pervasive misogyny” of Pakistani society. Baloch’s murder has once again sparked debate over action against the “epidemic” of honour killings in Pakistan. “As women, we must stand up for each other”.
Baloch also made headlines when she commits herself for a strip tease if the Pakistan national cricket team won an global match, according to NY Daily News.
She also appeared in a music video, gyrating bare legged to an Urdu-language song in high-heels and a see-through top. “It was my wish since I was a child to become something, to be able to stand on my own two feet, to do something for myself”, she said.
Prior to her death Baloch spoke of worries about her safety and had appealed to the interior ministry to provide her with security for protection.
But many conservatives pushed back, with some echoing Wasim’s statement by arguing that her family would have had “no choice”.
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A vigil held late Saturday in Lahore was attended by dozens of mourners, while an online petition entitled “No Country for Bold Women” and demanding accountability over her death had gone viral by Sunday with hundreds of signatures.
