Baloch’s brother held, admits to killing her

Lahore, July 17

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The brother of Pakistan’s social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch has been arrested for drugging and strangulating to death the model for bringing “shame” to the family by posting risque videos and posts on Facebook.

Qandeel’s younger brother Muhammad Waseem was arrested from Dera Ghazi Khan district of Punjab province late last night. 

Waseem, 25, said he killed her as she brought “dishonour to the Baloch name” due to  videos and statements that she posted on the social media.

“There were other issues as well... like the Maulvi issue,” he said, in an apparent reference to a controversy surrounding Qandeel’s selfies with Mufti Abdul Qavi. Her controversial pictures recently led to the suspension of Mufti Qavis membership from the Ruet-e-Hilal committee, a top religious body.

“She wasn’t aware I was killing her. I gave her a tablet and then strangled her,” Waseem said, adding: “I have no regrets.” 

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The 26-year-old actor-cum-model was strangled to death in her house in Multan’s Karimabad area in the early hours yesterday.

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 Eid. — Agencies