'Drugged and strangled Qandeel Baloch for bringing dishonour'

Waseem being escorted after his arrest

Islamabad: The brother of Pakistani model and actress Qandeel Baloch has confessed that he drugged and then strangled his sister in the name of "honour." The police arrested Baloch's brother Muhammed Waseem on Saturday night after she was found strangled to death in her house in Multan early in the morning.

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No honour here: Waseem being escorted after his arrest

Her father Muhammad Azeem claimed that she was killed by her younger brother, Waseem, in the name of honour. Waseem said, "She brought dishonour to the Baloch name," due to risqué videos and statements that she posted on social media. "There are other issues as well... Like the maulvi issue," Waseem said, referring to a recent controversy surrounding Baloch's selfies with Mufti Qavi. "I gave her a tablet and then strangled her."

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Qandeel Baloch's mother mourns alongside her body. Pics/AFP

Brother inspires brother
The 26-year-old was strangled to death in her house in Multan's Karimabad area in the early hours of Saturday. Baloch's father had lodged the FIR and named his two sons for killing her in Multan where she had come from Karachi to live with her parents on the occasion of Eid. The father alleged that Waseem had taken this extreme step at the behest of his brother Mohammad Aslam Shaheen. City police chief Azhar Akram said Waseem fled after the crime to Dera Ghazi Khan with two of his friends. Police was searching for the friends as well.