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Pakistani Social Media Star Killed by Brother After Scandal
Source: Associated Press
Pakistani Social Media Star Killed by Brother After Scandal
By MUNIR AHMED, ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD — Jul 16, 2016, 4:22 PM ET
Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch, who recently stirred controversy by posting pictures of herself with a prominent Muslim cleric, was strangled to death by her brother, police said Saturday.
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Most recently, Baloch became embroiled in public scandal when she posted selfies with Mufti Adbul Qavi, a prominent cleric, in a Karachi hotel room during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan. In one picture, she is wearing the cleric's trademark fur-lined hat.
Qavi maintained that he only met with her to discuss the teachings of Islam. But the government suspended Qavi and removed him from the official moon-sighting committee that determines when Ramadan starts and ends in accordance with the Islamic lunar calendar.
In the wake of that scandal, Baloch said she had received death threats and asked for Interior Ministry protection.
By MUNIR AHMED, ASSOCIATED PRESS ISLAMABAD — Jul 16, 2016, 4:22 PM ET
Pakistani social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch, who recently stirred controversy by posting pictures of herself with a prominent Muslim cleric, was strangled to death by her brother, police said Saturday.
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Most recently, Baloch became embroiled in public scandal when she posted selfies with Mufti Adbul Qavi, a prominent cleric, in a Karachi hotel room during the holy Islamic month of Ramadan. In one picture, she is wearing the cleric's trademark fur-lined hat.
Qavi maintained that he only met with her to discuss the teachings of Islam. But the government suspended Qavi and removed him from the official moon-sighting committee that determines when Ramadan starts and ends in accordance with the Islamic lunar calendar.
In the wake of that scandal, Baloch said she had received death threats and asked for Interior Ministry protection.
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/pakistani-model-killed-offending-conservatives-40629657
LBN thread: Honour killing: Pakistani model and social media sensation Qandeel Baloch ‘strangled by her brother’
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