Qandeel Baloch, a social sensation from across the border, is some one most of us hated but loved viewing her videos because they were entertaining. We had such a love hate relationship with her. But never in our dreams had we thought that a independent girl with her I don’t care a damn attitude will face such horrific end.
Qandeel whose real name was Fauzia Azeem, was killed by her own brother in the name of ‘honour’. She was found dead at her Multan residence on 16th July, 2016. She had come to her home in Multan to celebrate Eid with her family. Her brother strangled her to death when rest of the family was asleep at night. Her brother, Waseem Baloch, is proud of what he has done. “I am proud of what I did. I drugged her first, then I killed her,” he said. “She was bringing dishonor to our family.” What is worse is the fact that there are people who are appreciating him for his actions and calling what he had done the right thing.
Her brother Waseem claims that having his friends share her pictures and video clips was “too much” for him and killing his sister was a better alternative than killing himself.
Qandeel who rose to fame with her videos was not a great role model but was definitely someone who broke all the societal norms and stood for herself. She was determined to live her life on her terms and didn’t cared about what people had to say. She was outspoken and knew what she was doing. In the world where women are expected to stay at home, she came out fiercely. She was far from what women in Pakistan are expected to.
In this male dominated bad world, she was a badass who used to take internet by storm with her presence. May her soul rest in peace and the guilty is punished for his crimes.