In this photograph taken on June 28, 2016, Pakistani social media celebrity, Qandeel Baloch arrives for a press conference in Lahore.
A Pakistani social media celebrity whose online antics polarised the deeply conservative Muslim country has been murdered by her brother in a suspected honour killing, officials said on July 16, prompting a wave of shock and revulsion. Qandeel Baloch, held up by many of the country’s youth for her willingness to break social taboos but condemned and reviled by traditional elements, was strangled near the city of Multan, police said. / AFP PHOTO / STR
Wasim (R), the brother of slain social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch, is escorted by police following his arrest for Qandeel’s death in Multan early on July 17, 2016.
A Pakistani social media celebrity whose selfies polarised the deeply conservative Muslim country has been murdered by her brother in a suspected honour killing, officials said July 16, prompting shock and revulsion. / AFP PHOTO / SS MIRZA
Mother of social media celebrity, Qandeel Baloch mourns alongside her body during her funeral in Shah Sadar Din village, around 130 kilometers from Multan on July 17, 2016.
The brother of a controversial Pakistani social media star has been arrested for her murder, confessing he strangled Qandeel Baloch for “honour”, police said. The killing of Baloch, infamous for selfies and videos that by Western standards would appear tame but were polarising in deeply conservative Muslim Pakistan, has sent a wave of shock and revulsion through the country. / AFP PHOTO / SS MIRZA
Father of social media celebrity, Qandeel Baloch mourns as he sits in an ambulance carrying the body of Qandeel in Shah Sadar Din village, around 130 kilometers from Multan on July 17, 2016.
The brother of a controversial Pakistani social media star has been arrested for her murder, confessing he strangled Qandeel Baloch for “honour”, police said. The killing of Baloch, infamous for selfies and videos that by Western standards would appear tame but were polarising in deeply conservative Muslim Pakistan, has sent a wave of shock and revulsion through the country. / AFP PHOTO / SS MIRZA
Pakistani policemen stand guard outside the house of social media celebrity, Qandeel Baloch who was murdered by her brother, in Multan on July 16, 2016.
A Pakistani social media celebrity whose selfies polarised the deeply conservative Muslim country has been murdered by her brother in a suspected honour killing, officials said on July 16, prompting shock and revulsion. Qandeel Baloch, held up by many of the country’s youth for her willingness to break social taboos but condemned and reviled by traditional elements, was strangled near the city of Multan, police said. / AFP PHOTO / SS MIRZA
Pakistani relatives and residents carry the coffin of social media celebrity, Qandeel Baloch during her funeral in Shah Sadar Din village, around 130 kilometers from Multan on July 17, 2016. The brother of a controversial Pakistani social media star has been arrested for her murder, confessing he strangled Qandeel Baloch for “honour”, police said. The killing of Baloch, infamous for selfies and videos that by Western standards would appear tame but were polarising in deeply conservative Muslim Pakistan, has sent a wave of shock and revulsion through the country.
