MULTAN: Mufti Abdul Qavi escaped from the session court in Qandeel Baloch murder case on Wednesday. His stunt followed after the court refused to grant him bail.
Earlier, Qavi’s lawyer had requested the court to postpone the hearing till Wednesday as he had to prepare a proper rundown for his arguments in the case.
The hearing of the case was conducted by Chaudhry Ameer Muhammad Khan, with main suspects in the case being Waseem and Haq Nawaz. The police had requested the court to reject Mufti Abdul Qavi’s bail so completion of challan and additional investigation could be carried out further.
While expressing his submission of trust over the court in getting justice for all, Qavi explained himself as having no connection with the murder. He also said that he will accept whatever the decision will be announced by the court.
Model and social media sensation, Qandeel Baloch shot to fame through her provocative selfies and Facebook videos, in which she danced, proposed to politicians and made bold statements against the Qavi in attempts of bringing him to shame.
She was eventually put to silence in July last year at the hands of her own brother, Muhammad Waseem, who confessed to strangling her to death over the so-called ‘honour’ of the family.
In October, the parliament passed a law which aimed at removing the ability to forgive “honour” killers. But, critics contend that some loopholes still exist in it.