Qandeel Baloch a brave woman
Fouzia Azeem (1 March 1990 – 15 July 2016), better known by the name Qandeel Baloch : قندیل بلوچ), was a Pakistani model, actress, feminist activist and social media celebrity.
Baloch was born on 1 March 1990 in Dera Ghazi Khan Punjab. She is from Shah Sadar Din.She had six brothers and six sisters. Her first job was as a bus hostess.
She was one of the top 10 most searched for persons on the internet in Pakistan and both celebrated and criticised for the content of her videos and posts.As her media presence grew, Baloch began to use her position to comment on women's position in Pakistani society. The week before she died, she released a music video entitled Ban, which mocked the restrictions placed on women in the country. In an interview with controversial anchor Mubashir Luqman, Baloch named Sunny Leone, Rakhi Sawant and Poonam Pandey as her inspirations. She also said that many organizations, people and media groups were calling her to feature in their shows to increase their own ratings.
In June 2016, Baloch met senior cleric Mufti Abdul Qawi in a hotel room to learn more about her faith; the interaction between them brought about mayhem on social media platforms as their photos went viral online. She also wore a hat with the Mufti's signature.The meeting led to the Mufti being suspended from his position on one of Pakistan's religious committees.
Following the June 2016 meeting with Qawi, Baloch reported that she received death threats both from him and from others..
On 15 July 2016, Baloch was d**gged and then asphyxiated by her brother Waseem while she was asleep at her parents' home in Multan.Her death was reported by her father Azeem. It was first reported as a shooting, but an autopsy report confirmed that Baloch was murdered by asphyxiation while she was asleep, on the night of 15–16 July, around 11:15 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. By the time her body was found she had already been dead for between fifteen and thirty-six hours.Marks on Baloch's body revealed that her mouth and nose were pinned shut to asphyxiate her. Police called the murder an honor killing.
A First Information Report against her brother Waseem and another brother Aslam Shaheen, who allegedly persuaded Waseem to kill their sister, was issued.
BBC report
1) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36818507
2) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36815808
3) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36717990
CNN report
1) http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/16/asia/pakistan-qandeel-baloch-murder/index.html
2) http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/22/asia/pakistan-honor-killings-what-happened-next/index.html
The 25 year-old Qandeel was strangled Friday at her family home in the city of Multan in the Pakistani province of Punjab. After going on the run, her brother was later arrested. In his confession video, he expresses no regret.
"I am proud of what I did. I d**gged her first, then I killed her," Waseem Baloch says. "She was bringing dishonor to our family."
3) http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/18/asia/pakistan-qandeel-baloch-brother-confession/index.html
DAWN newspaper report
1) http://www.dawn.com/news/1271213/qandeel-baloch-murdered-by-brother-in-multan-police
2) http://images.dawn.com/news/1175823/pakistan-reacts-to-qandeel-balochs-shocking-murder
Qandeel Baloch meeting with Mufti Qawi
1)https://www.thenews.com****magazine/instep-today/129621-A-meeting-between-Qandeel-Baloch-and-Mufti-Abdul-Qawi-is-a-win-for-the-voyeuristic-star
Youtube video of Qandeel Baloch and Mufti Abdul Qawi
1)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag8pjZA9s4A
Qandeel Baloch :dead body video
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPcnaDJWXk8
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNTvkO52tWk
Qandeel Baloch's : Funeral Video
1)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8Rkl8UV5
Qandeel Baloch's Karo-Kari i.e in Pakistan, honour killing is known locally as karo-kari
Baloch's murder was widely condemned by media celebrities and people around the globe, while some in Pakistan were more inclined to support her murder.Personalities such as Imran Khan, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Sharmila Farooqi, Reham Khan, Sanam Baloch, Osman Khalid Butt, Meesha Shafi, Nadia Hussain, Ali Zafar,along with many others condemned the incident, including filmmaker and activist Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy who said, "I really feel that no woman is safe in this country, until we start making examples of people, until we start sending men who kill women to jail, unless we literally say there will be no more killing and those who dare will spend the rest of their lives behind bars."She further said, "There is not a single day where you don't pick up a paper and see a woman hasn't been killed ... this is an epidemic."
British Prime Minister Theresa May also condemned the murder saying "there is absolutely no honour in so-called honour killings and they should be referred to as acts of terror." May also said it was 'criminal' for women to be murdered by their male relatives on the grounds of defending family 'honour'. The daughter of the Pakistani Prime Minister Maryam Nawaz announced that "we have finalized the draft law [against "honour killings"] in the light of negotiations, and the final draft will be presented to a committee of joint session of parliament on July 21 for consideration and approval.
Vigils for Baloch were held in Lahore and Karachi.[53] International media outlets such as The Daily Mail, The Guardian USA Today, New York Times, Time, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post Times of India,The Hollywood Reporter,The Globe and Mail, and many others condemned the murder and raised awareness about honor killing. As per Facebook and Instagram policies, Baloch official pages were deleted.
Police called the murder an honor killing.
A First Information Report against her brother Waseem and another brother Aslam Shaheen, who allegedly persuaded Waseem to kill their sister, was issued. Baloch's father Azeem stated in the FIR that his sons Aslam Shaheen and Waseem were responsible for their sister’s death and had killed her for her money. Her father told the press "my daughter was brave and I will not forget or forgive her brutal murder."
Waseem was arrested on the evening of 16 July. He confessed to murdering his sister, saying "she [Qandeel Baloch] was bringing disrepute to our family's honour and I could not tolerate it any further. I killed her around 11:30 p.m. on Friday night when everyone else had gone to bed. My brother is not involved in the murder."
The state was named as complainant in the murder case, making it impossible for the victim's family to pardon the perpetrator.
Pakistan Diyaa Law and Honour Killings i.e Karo-Kari
Diyah (Arabic: دية, plural diyāt) in Islamic law, is the financial compensation paid to the victim or heirs of a victim in the cases of murder, bodily harm or property damage. It is an alternative punishment to qisas (equal retaliation). In Arabic, the word means both blood money and ransom, and it is spelled sometimes as diya or diyeh.
Diya compensation rates have historically varied based on the gender and religion of the victim. Muslim women victims have typically been compensated at half the rate as Muslim male victims, while non-Muslims compensation rates have varied between 1/16th to half of a Muslim, for an equivalent case
Baloch was born on 1 March 1990 in Dera Ghazi Khan Punjab. She is from Shah Sadar Din.She had six brothers and six sisters. Her first job was as a bus hostess.
She was one of the top 10 most searched for persons on the internet in Pakistan and both celebrated and criticised for the content of her videos and posts.As her media presence grew, Baloch began to use her position to comment on women's position in Pakistani society. The week before she died, she released a music video entitled Ban, which mocked the restrictions placed on women in the country. In an interview with controversial anchor Mubashir Luqman, Baloch named Sunny Leone, Rakhi Sawant and Poonam Pandey as her inspirations. She also said that many organizations, people and media groups were calling her to feature in their shows to increase their own ratings.
In June 2016, Baloch met senior cleric Mufti Abdul Qawi in a hotel room to learn more about her faith; the interaction between them brought about mayhem on social media platforms as their photos went viral online. She also wore a hat with the Mufti's signature.The meeting led to the Mufti being suspended from his position on one of Pakistan's religious committees.
Following the June 2016 meeting with Qawi, Baloch reported that she received death threats both from him and from others..
On 15 July 2016, Baloch was d**gged and then asphyxiated by her brother Waseem while she was asleep at her parents' home in Multan.Her death was reported by her father Azeem. It was first reported as a shooting, but an autopsy report confirmed that Baloch was murdered by asphyxiation while she was asleep, on the night of 15–16 July, around 11:15 p.m. to 11:30 p.m. By the time her body was found she had already been dead for between fifteen and thirty-six hours.Marks on Baloch's body revealed that her mouth and nose were pinned shut to asphyxiate her. Police called the murder an honor killing.
A First Information Report against her brother Waseem and another brother Aslam Shaheen, who allegedly persuaded Waseem to kill their sister, was issued.
BBC report
1) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36818507
2) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36815808
3) http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36717990
CNN report
1) http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/16/asia/pakistan-qandeel-baloch-murder/index.html
2) http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/22/asia/pakistan-honor-killings-what-happened-next/index.html
The 25 year-old Qandeel was strangled Friday at her family home in the city of Multan in the Pakistani province of Punjab. After going on the run, her brother was later arrested. In his confession video, he expresses no regret.
"I am proud of what I did. I d**gged her first, then I killed her," Waseem Baloch says. "She was bringing dishonor to our family."
3) http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/18/asia/pakistan-qandeel-baloch-brother-confession/index.html
DAWN newspaper report
1) http://www.dawn.com/news/1271213/qandeel-baloch-murdered-by-brother-in-multan-police
2) http://images.dawn.com/news/1175823/pakistan-reacts-to-qandeel-balochs-shocking-murder
Qandeel Baloch meeting with Mufti Qawi
1)https://www.thenews.com****magazine/instep-today/129621-A-meeting-between-Qandeel-Baloch-and-Mufti-Abdul-Qawi-is-a-win-for-the-voyeuristic-star
Youtube video of Qandeel Baloch and Mufti Abdul Qawi
1)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag8pjZA9s4A
Qandeel Baloch :dead body video
1) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mPcnaDJWXk8
2) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VNTvkO52tWk
Qandeel Baloch's : Funeral Video
1)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8Rkl8UV5
Qandeel Baloch's Karo-Kari i.e in Pakistan, honour killing is known locally as karo-kari
Baloch's murder was widely condemned by media celebrities and people around the globe, while some in Pakistan were more inclined to support her murder.Personalities such as Imran Khan, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, Sharmila Farooqi, Reham Khan, Sanam Baloch, Osman Khalid Butt, Meesha Shafi, Nadia Hussain, Ali Zafar,along with many others condemned the incident, including filmmaker and activist Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy who said, "I really feel that no woman is safe in this country, until we start making examples of people, until we start sending men who kill women to jail, unless we literally say there will be no more killing and those who dare will spend the rest of their lives behind bars."She further said, "There is not a single day where you don't pick up a paper and see a woman hasn't been killed ... this is an epidemic."
British Prime Minister Theresa May also condemned the murder saying "there is absolutely no honour in so-called honour killings and they should be referred to as acts of terror." May also said it was 'criminal' for women to be murdered by their male relatives on the grounds of defending family 'honour'. The daughter of the Pakistani Prime Minister Maryam Nawaz announced that "we have finalized the draft law [against "honour killings"] in the light of negotiations, and the final draft will be presented to a committee of joint session of parliament on July 21 for consideration and approval.
Vigils for Baloch were held in Lahore and Karachi.[53] International media outlets such as The Daily Mail, The Guardian USA Today, New York Times, Time, Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post Times of India,The Hollywood Reporter,The Globe and Mail, and many others condemned the murder and raised awareness about honor killing. As per Facebook and Instagram policies, Baloch official pages were deleted.
Police called the murder an honor killing.
A First Information Report against her brother Waseem and another brother Aslam Shaheen, who allegedly persuaded Waseem to kill their sister, was issued. Baloch's father Azeem stated in the FIR that his sons Aslam Shaheen and Waseem were responsible for their sister’s death and had killed her for her money. Her father told the press "my daughter was brave and I will not forget or forgive her brutal murder."
Waseem was arrested on the evening of 16 July. He confessed to murdering his sister, saying "she [Qandeel Baloch] was bringing disrepute to our family's honour and I could not tolerate it any further. I killed her around 11:30 p.m. on Friday night when everyone else had gone to bed. My brother is not involved in the murder."
The state was named as complainant in the murder case, making it impossible for the victim's family to pardon the perpetrator.
Pakistan Diyaa Law and Honour Killings i.e Karo-Kari
Diyah (Arabic: دية, plural diyāt) in Islamic law, is the financial compensation paid to the victim or heirs of a victim in the cases of murder, bodily harm or property damage. It is an alternative punishment to qisas (equal retaliation). In Arabic, the word means both blood money and ransom, and it is spelled sometimes as diya or diyeh.
Diya compensation rates have historically varied based on the gender and religion of the victim. Muslim women victims have typically been compensated at half the rate as Muslim male victims, while non-Muslims compensation rates have varied between 1/16th to half of a Muslim, for an equivalent case
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