'Brother in honour murder' of social media star who posted raunchy photos: Pakistan's Kim Kardashian is killed at her family home
Qandeel Baloch was killed as she slept at her home in Pakistan
Her father told police her brother Waseem strangled her in honour killing
26-year-old Baloch had built modelling career on her social media fame
By DAILY MAIL
PUBLISHED: 23:41 GMT, 16 July 2016 | UPDATED: 15:37 GMT, 17 July 2016\
A social media star in Pakistan notorious for posting raunchy photos has been strangled by her brother in an apparent honour killing, police said last night.
Qandeel Baloch, who has been described as Pakistan’s Kim Kardashian, was killed as she slept in her family home on the outskirts of the city of Multan in the Punjab region.
‘Her father told police that his son Waseem has strangled Qandeel,’ a spokeswoman said. ‘Apparently it is an honour killing but further investigations will reveal the real motives behind this murder.’
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Honour killing: Qandeel Baloch, who has been described as Pakistan’s Kim Kardashian, was killed as she slept in her family home on the outskirts of the city of Multan in the Punjab region
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Raunchy: In May, Baloch offered to strip if the wildly popular Pakistani cricket team beat their arch-rivals India
Police are now hunting Waseem, who has since disappeared.
Baloch, 26, had built a modelling career on the back of her social media fame. She recently appeared in a music video, dancing bare-legged in high-heels and wearing a see-through top.
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Famous: Baloch, 26, had built a modelling career on the back of her social media fame
In May, Baloch offered to strip if the wildly popular Pakistani cricket team beat their arch-rivals India. When they lost, she danced for the Indian team in a video wearing a bikini. She also caused huge controversy by posing for a selfie with a famous Muslim cleric.
Although many Twitter users praised her yesterday, one said: ‘What she [was] doing is a disgrace for Pakistan so she deserve [sic] this.’ More than 500 people –almost all women – die in Pakistan each year in such killings.
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'I'm not embarrassed. Of course I strangled her': Arrested brother of 'Pakistan's Kim Kardashian' admits he killed her because she refused to stop posting provocative photographs on Facebook
Qandeel Baloch, 26, was found dead near city of Multan on Friday night
She rose to fame for posting controversially raunchy videos and photos
Brother Waseem admitted killing her 'for honour' in press conference
He was arrested on Saturday night after going on the run from police
PUBLISHED: 13:56 GMT, 17 July 2016 | UPDATED: 16:03 GMT, 17 July 2016
The brother of a murdered Pakistani celebrity said he killed her after she refused to stop posting provocative photos and videos on Facebook.
Muhammad Waseem said he was 'not embarrassed' to have killed Qandeel Baloch's despite the death leading to calls for action against the 'epidemic' of honour killings
The strangling of Miss Baloch, 26, a controversial figure in deeply conservative Muslim Pakistan for posting selfies and videos that would appear tame by Western standards, has prompted a wave of shock and revulsion.
Her brother was arrested late Saturday, Multan City police chief Azhar Akram said, and confessed to drugging then strangling her 'for honour'.
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Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch, left and right, whose raunchy selfies sparked outrage in the Muslim country has allegedly been strangled by her brother in an 'honour killing'
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Her brother Muhammad Waseem, centre, admitted killing her at a police press conference and said he 'was not embarrassed' because her 'behaviour was intolerable'
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Miss Baloch had earned comparisons to US celebrity Kim Kardashian over her social media pictures
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Waseem said he killed his sister because her social media photos and videos were 'completely intolerable'
Pakistani celebrity Qandeel Baloch shares raunchy video
'Yes of course, I strangled her,' Waseem said at a press conference, organised by police, early Sunday.
'She was on the ground floor while our parents were asleep on the roof top,' he continued.
'It was around 10.45 pm when I gave her a tablet... and then killed her.'
Waseem said he acted alone.
He added: 'I am not embarrassed at all over what I did. Whatever was the case, it (his sister's behaviour) was completely intolerable.'
Miss Baloch, believed to be in her twenties and whose real name was Fauzia Azeem, rose to fame for her Facebook posts that saw her praised by some for breaking social taboos but condemned by conservatives.
Qandeel Baloch filmed putting on make up earlier this year
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The 26-year-old, pictured, had become a social media celebrity and had 123,000 Instagram followers
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Miss Baloch, who was condemned by conservatives, was found dead near the city of Multan where she was visiting her parents during Eid on Friday, police chiefs said
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Miss Baloch, 26, whose raunchy videos (pictured) sparked outrage in the Muslim country has allegedly been strangled by her brother Waseem in an 'honour killing'
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The model's brother Waseem had allegedly been threatening her to stop posting photos and videos on Facebook and was on the run
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Her defiance of tradition and defence of liberal views won her many admirers among Pakistan's overwhelmingly young population
She was killed on Friday night at her family's home near Multan.
Up to 100 officers were gathered outside her family's home in Muzzafarabad, preventing neighbours from gathering. Five ambulances were also parked nearby.
The model shared hundreds of videos of her dancing in minimal clothing with her 123,000 Instagram followers.
Waseem went on the run and was arrested late Saturday in neighbouring Muzaffargarh district.
Hundreds of women are murdered for 'honour' every year in Pakistan.
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Her mother, pictured, looked inconsolable as she cried at Miss Baloch's funeral in Pakistan today
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Scores of mourners attended the service with friends and relatives carrying her coffin through the streets
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Her death has provoked outrage among large sections of the community over the 'epidemic' of honour killings
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The previous day her body was taken away from her home by the emergency service, pictured
The killers overwhelmingly walk free because of a law that allows the family of the victim to forgive the murderer - who is often also a relative.
Filmmaker Sharmeemn Obaid-Chinoy, whose documentary on honour killings won an Oscar earlier this year, slammed Miss Baloch's murder as symptomatic of an 'epidemic' of violence against women in Pakistan.
She joined other liberals in Pakistan who called for anti-honour killing legislation. 'Activists have screamed themselves hoarse,' she said. 'When will it stop?'
But many conservatives pushed back, with some arguing online that her family would have had 'no choice'.
Some of Miss Baloch's more notable acts included volunteering to perform a striptease for the Pakistani cricket team, and donning a plunging scarlet dress on Valentine's Day.
Initially dismissed as a Kim Kardashian-like figure, Miss Baloch, whose funeral was held early Sunday near her family home in southern Punjab, was seen by some as empowered in a country where women have fought for their rights for decades.
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'Qandeel was an extremely astute individual who knew that what she was doing was more than being the most loved bad girl of Pakistan,' columnist and activist Aisha Sarawari said.
She added: '[Her killing] defines yet another setback for the women of our generation. This makes it harder for women. Period'.
Benazir Jatoi, who works with the Aurat Foundation, a local NGO working on women's legal and political empowerment, added: 'Many in Pakistan have laid blame for her death on her bold and provocative public acts, but for me her lifestyle was irrelevant.'
'Qandeel has put a face to the countless ordinary Pakistani women that are murdered because society has given carte blanche to men,' she added.
'It is not just the law that needs strengthening, it is also social attitude that needs to be reassessed.'
Miss Baloch provoked controversy last month after posing for selfies with a high-profile cleric Mufti Abdul Qavi, who was sternly rebuked by the country's religious affairs ministry.
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Miss Baloch shot to fame in Pakistan in 2014 after a video of her pouting at the camera and asking 'How em looking?' went viral
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Last month, Miss Baloch hit headlines when she posted selfies with the Muslim cleric Mufti Abdul Qavi
The pictures showed Miss Baloch wearing her traditional lamb's wool cap as she posed next to the cleric. Qavi later said she had asked him for a meeting and they met in a hotel.
On Valentine's Day, she donned a plunging scarlet dress and posted a video message defying the country's president, who had issued a stern warning against the 'Western' celebration. The post garnered more than 70,000 'likes'.
Speaking at the time, she said: 'People are going crazy - especially girls. I get so many calls where they tell me I'm their inspiration and they want to be like me.'
She had reportedly spoken of leaving the country after Eid out of fear for her safety.
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