Daily Times

MULTAN: Police have taken Qandeel Baloch’s elder sister Shehnaz in custody Wednesday after she was made part of murder investigation following the revelation of mobile phone data.

The Facebook star was strangled to death by her younger brother named Waseem with the help of his cousin earlier this month for bringing ‘shame’ to family’s name by posting videos of social media that are not deemed right morally by conservatives in the country.

Waseem was arrested a day after he fled the crime scene in Multan house.

He confessed to the killing and underwent a polygraph test in Lahore last week in which he stated that he had received a phone call from his elder brother residing in Saudi Arabia who criticised him for ‘not doing anything’ after their sister was involved in a controversy with a cleric.

Mufti Abdul Qawi, a member of the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee who was suspended following the incident met with Qandeel during his visit to Karachi where the social media star clicked selfies with him.

As soon as the pictures saw the light of the day, she had to defend herself while the cleric was not pardoned by the people as well. After her murder, police involved Mufti Abdul Qawi in the investigation to which he reacted saying that it was ridiculous.

Qandeel’s cousin, Haq Nawaz who Waseem had confessed to getting help from in the crime offered his surrender in Dera Ghazi Khan.

According to the key criminal, he held Qandeel’s hands while Nawaz strangled her to death after she was drugged that night for less resistance.

Victim’s parents also claimed that they were intoxicated that night by their son.

Criminals who murder women for the so-called honour are set free after their relatives pardon them due to lack of relating laws.

Qandeel’s death made the government machinery take action in this matter and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif’s daughter claimed that a law would soon be introduced against killings for ‘honour’.