Of course I strangled her': Arrested brother of 'Pakistan's Kim Kardashian' killed her because she refused to stop provocative Facebook posts

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 poting 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'. 

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. 

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.

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.


Source: Daily Mail