Pakistani model killed after offending conservatives

Pakistani model and social media starlet Qandeel Baloch has been murdered in the city of Multan, in an apparent ‘honor killing.’ Local media report Pakistan police as saying that she was killed by her younger brother, Daniyal Jugnnoo, aka Wasim, who is now on the run.

“The brother was also there last night and the family told us that he strangled her to death”, said Azhar Akram, another police official in Multan. Many celebrated the death of a woman who they said brought shame to Muslims as a whole and to her family in particular. “She might have been given some poisonous substance before being strangled”.

In this picture taken on June 28, 2016, Pakistani fashion model Qandeel Baloch speaks during a press conference in Lahore, Pakistan.

Baloch shot to fame in Pakistan in 2014 after a video of her pouting at the camera and asking “How em looking?” went viral.

She posted a video to her Facebook page on Friday, which examined her approach to “twerking”.

She was also outspoken on the conditions women face in Pakistan, where an estimated 1000 women each year are murdered by their families in honour killings.

“She was killed because a pervasive misogynistic culture cultivates and protects a toxic masculinity”, the petition said. I believe in equality. I don’t think there is any need to label ourselves just for sake of society.

Baloch, 26, real name Fouzia Azeem, had stoked controversy in the country by openly living a Westernized lifestyle and posting her exploits on social media including Facebook and Twitter.

“I am just a women with free thoughts, free mindset, and I love the way I am”. In one picture, she is wearing the cleric’s trademark fur-lined hat.

The pictures and allegations caused a scandal in conservative Pakistan, and the government removed Qavi from the official moon-sighting committee that determines when Ramadan starts and ends in accordance with the Islamic lunar calendar.

Baloch had reportedly spoken of leaving the country after Eid out of fear for her safety and earlier this month sought protection from government, saying she was receiving anonymous death threats.