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| Qandeel Baloch case: Brother held for Pakistan celebrity's murder | |
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| The brother of Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch has been arrested for her murder. | |
| Waseem Baloch, 25, was arrested in Dera Ghazi Khan in central Pakistan on Saturday night. | Waseem Baloch, 25, was arrested in Dera Ghazi Khan in central Pakistan on Saturday night. |
| The Dawn newspaper said he had confessed to the murder, saying he drugged and strangled her "for dishonouring the Baloch name". | The Dawn newspaper said he had confessed to the murder, saying he drugged and strangled her "for dishonouring the Baloch name". |
| Qandeel Baloch, 26, became a household name for posting sometimes raunchy photographs, comments and videos. | Qandeel Baloch, 26, became a household name for posting sometimes raunchy photographs, comments and videos. |
| She recently caused controversy by posting pictures of herself alongside a Muslim cleric. | She recently caused controversy by posting pictures of herself alongside a Muslim cleric. |
| Dawn quoted police as saying her selfies with Mufti Qavi were one of the issues cited by her brother. | |
| The paper quoted Waseem Baloch as saying: "She wasn't aware I was killing her. I gave her a tablet and then strangled her." | The paper quoted Waseem Baloch as saying: "She wasn't aware I was killing her. I gave her a tablet and then strangled her." |
| Police said the brother had escaped to Dera Ghazi Khan after the killing in the Karimabad area of Multan early on Saturday morning. | |
| They said he fled with two friends who were still being sought. | They said he fled with two friends who were still being sought. |
| Ms Baloch was buried on Sunday morning in her ancestral village near Dera Ghazi Khan in Punjab province. Images from the scene showed scores of people attending the services. | |
| Mufti Qavi, who said he had forgiven Ms Baloch for her actions, had offered to lead the funeral prayers, reports said. | |
| Ms Baloch had built up a large social media fan-base, with 43,000 Twitter followers and more than 700,000 on Facebook. | |
| She was well aware of the opposition she faced but continued to post defiant tweets. One on Thursday read: "I will not give up. I will reach for my goal & absolutely nothing will stop me." | |
| Ms Baloch, dubbed by some Pakistan's Kim Kardashian, rose to fame in 2014 when a video of her pouting at the camera and asking "How em looking?" went viral. | |
| In a recent interview she was bitterly critical of Pakistan's patriarchal society and described herself as a leading exponent of girl power. | In a recent interview she was bitterly critical of Pakistan's patriarchal society and described herself as a leading exponent of girl power. |
| While many younger people saw her as a cultural icon and hailed her liberal views, she was also subjected to frequent misogynist abuse online. | While many younger people saw her as a cultural icon and hailed her liberal views, she was also subjected to frequent misogynist abuse online. |
| Ms Baloch had gone to Punjab from Karachi because of the threat to her security, police say. | |
| Her request for better security was ignored by the government, Dawn reported, despite pleas made three weeks ago to the interior minister and other senior officials. | Her request for better security was ignored by the government, Dawn reported, despite pleas made three weeks ago to the interior minister and other senior officials. |
| Hundreds of women are murdered every year in Pakistan in so-called honour killing cases. | Hundreds of women are murdered every year in Pakistan in so-called honour killing cases. |