It has also been revealed that the model was killed while she slept at the family’s home.
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Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch, who was known for her daring posts, has been killed by her brother.
Her brother Waseem is now on the run with police seeking his arrest.
“Her father Azeem informed the police that his son Wasim has strangled Qandeel”, Punjab Police spokeswoman Nabeela Ghazanfar told Reuters.
As her media profile grew, Zubair said Baloch became aware “of her power to deliver a certain message about being female in Pakistan”, and that she had become a “burgeoning activist for increasing women’s visibility” in the country.
“Family sources said: “[Her] brothers had asked her to quit modelling”.
Mushtaq Ahmed, who was among the team that conducted Baloch’s autopsy.
Baloch’s raunchy social media photos challenged social norms in Pakistan. Feminists in Pakistan hailed her as a hero, whereas conservatives reviled her and accused her of indecency. If you remember once she also posted a video about Indian Prime Minister Narender Modi. “It’s time to bring a change because the world is changing. let’s open our minds and live in present”, she wrote. Her weapons included social media pictures and videos of herself that, in this religiously and socially conservative nation, were considered highly provocative. Her parents have both been taken into custody.
Pakistani police officers stand beside volunteers unloading the dead body of fashion model Qandeel Baloch upon arrival at a local hospital in Multan, Pakistan.
Hundreds of women are murdered every year in so-called honor killings, which are commonplace in Pakistan.
In a video of the meeting, Qavi can be seen saying he would guide Baloch on spiritual and religious issues and that she has agreed to follow his instructions, according to Dawn.
That attempt at change would prove to be her undoing.
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Yet in Pakistan, her flirty antics were unusual, pushing the boundaries of what’s acceptable of women in Pakistan. In a press conference, he spoke with his face covered, telling the gathered journalists that he “killed for honor” and had “no regrets” about murdering his younger sister.
