Qandeel Baloch, a social-media star and feminist known as “Pakistan’s Kim Kardashian,” was murdered Friday in a reported honor killing by her brother, Waseem Azeeem:
Qandeel Baloch's brother says "everybody will remember me with honour" for her murder https://t.co/Vmp4zapqIp pic.twitter.com/jz6gTiTtG7
— UPROXX (@UPROXX) July 17, 2016
According to reports, Azeem first gave his sister a sleeping pill and then strangled her:
After killing Qandeel Baloch, her brother says: Of course I strangled her. I have no regrets https://t.co/WiTAeWk0Yl pic.twitter.com/dYfii3c3ZL
— Al Jazeera News (@AJENews) July 17, 2016
Qandeel Baloch’s Brother Drugged And Strangled Her Because “Girls Are Born To Stay At Home” https://t.co/PgN48WpMht pic.twitter.com/4IMhpmmsVi
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) July 17, 2016
And not only is Azeem proud of what he did, so are others in Pakistan. Some examples:
#QandeelBaloch shot dead by her own brother, and Pakistanis are happy. Shocking to see even women are rejoicing !! pic.twitter.com/np99VDNZb2
— Kaushik Baruah (KB) (@iKaushikBaruah) July 16, 2016
https://twitter.com/AsYouNotWish/status/754232441267556352
Honour killing of artist @QandeelQuebee celebrated by Pakistanis. #QandeelBaloch
Via @i_k_b pic.twitter.com/Kp4VewWMhF— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) July 16, 2016
He is a senior journalist in Pakistan. Suddenly Rajdeep, Barkha seem like angels… #QandeelBaloch pic.twitter.com/9CNR5f6yTb
— The-Lying-Lama 2.0 (@KyaUkhaadLega) July 17, 2016
The most common response I got from Pakistanis was 'yeah, but what about India…' Grim. #QandeelBaloch https://t.co/MQP2KPxvZq
— Rita Panahi (@RitaPanahi) July 17, 2016
Awful.
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