Qandeel Baloch
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She was willing to strip for the Pakistani cricket team, if it beat India.
Life, indeed, was cheap.
She posted this picture of a Muslim [religious] cleric secretly ogling her (Qandeel’s) photographs
The Pakistani newspaper The Nation seems to have published the picture.
Translation: A woman, too, can rob a man of his honour. If you don’t believe this, ask Mufti Qavi.
‘Robbing of honour’ is a euphemism for rape.
However, Tania Jvd noticed that there was a ‘Halal [kosher] distance’ between the two.
Some Pakistani girls appreciated Qandeel’s honesty.
The self-styled ‘QueenNaela Irene’ replied, ‘Ur getting naked that's what u are! Embarrassing’
The quote in red (bottom left) has Qandeel Baloch asking, ‘How m looking? Tell me how m looking?’
After that comic interlude, let us take a brief reality break.
Qandeel Baloch
Men like Jalal Arya responded with comments like, ‘So hot’ (and worse comments)
Girls like PYari Behna (‘sweet sister’) fumed, ‘BeHya’ (shameless)
One Ahsan Ullah commented ‘Tu bi is tarha apna picture sher kar’ (You should share this kind of a picture of yourself’
Qandeel replied. ‘Main etni easy nahi hun ok’ (I am not that ‘easy,’ OK?)
Singer Aryan Khan and dancer Qandeel Baloch in the Pakistani pop video Ban (July 2016).
Qandeel Baloch’s gyrations that might attract a Ban include this …
Derriere jerking is not mainstream in Pakistan in 2016, though a few decades before film vamps did it
The Pakistani pop video Ban (July 2016) by singer Aryan Khan and dancer Qandeel Baloch.
The Punjabi pop video Ban (July 2016) by singer Aryan Khan and dancer Qandeel Baloch.
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Qandeel Baloch, Pakistani model, killed by brother The Times of India TNN & Agencies | Jul 16, 2016
Qandeel Baloch was killed by her brother.
Baloch had been likened to Kim Kardashian.
She had been frequently posting bold pictures of her on social media sites
Early life
Fouzia (later Qandeel) was born on the 1st March, 1990 in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan
She was married to Ashiq Hussain from 2008 to 2010. They had a son, who was born in 2009 and was seven at the time of Qandeel's murder.
Her real name was Fouzia Azeem but she chose Qandeel Baloch as her nom de guerre after stepping into modelling.
Fouzia/Qandeel was variously described as an actor and model. She saw herself as a guitar playing pop singer as well. However, just as Kim Kardashian and Paris Hilton were generally known to be 'famous for being famous,' Qandeel's main profession, according to Google, was that she was a 'YouTuber'
Qandeel was active in the public imagination for less than a year before her untimely murder on the 15th July, 2016.
The Baloch people were not amused
Fouzia Azeem's chosen pseudonym, Qandeel Baloch, did not amuse the Baloch people.
One Shahid Baloch wrote about Qandeel, ‘Qandeel baloch nai han aur please dobara baloch ka naam is na jurhna Q k baloch Alhamdullah izat dar hothi’ (Qandeel is not a Baloch and, please, she should stop associating the name Baloch with her own because the Baloch people, Allah be praised, are a respectable people [people with a sense of honour].’
The Express Tribune wrote on July 13, 2016, three days before Qandeel’s murder: Last month, Senior Civil Judge Khursheed Ahmad summoned model Qandeel Baloch to court at a hearing on a petition filed by a lawyer. Advocate Shahbaz Ali Khan Gurmani, the petitioner, said that Baloch had brought ‘shame’ to the Baloch race by adopting the surname. He said she had no ties to the Baloch race.
Separately, Gadai union council vice chairman Fayyaz Khan Leghari of Dera Ghazi Khan sent model Baloch a legal notice on Monday demanding that she apologise for ‘bringing shame’ to the Baloch race, stop using Baloch as her surname and pay him Rs50 million. “Otherwise, strict action will be taken against you”, says the legal notice (a copy of which is available with The Express Tribune).
Profile
Owais Qarni, The Express Tribune published this on June 24, 2016, just three weeks before Qandeel’s murder.
The model belongs to the tribal area of Shah Sadar Din of District Dera Ghazi Khan in south Punjab, and started her career as a bus hostess.
She eloped with her boyfriend in 2004 while still in school, and claims to have visited South Africa, Middle East and other western countries.
Though she is reviled by many and frequently subjected to misogynist abuse online, Qandeel has won praise by a segment of youth for her forthright attitude.
On Valentine’s Day, she donned a plunging scarlet dress and posted a video message defying President Mamnoon Hussain, who had issued a stern warning against the “Western” holiday. “They can stop people from going out, but they can’t stop people from loving,” she declared in a Facebook video, going on to branding politicians “idiotic and disgusting”. The video was viewed more than 830,000 times, and garnered 7,000 likes in the first weeks.
Marriage revealed three days before her murder
Qandeel Baloch's ex-husband comes forward with startling claims: The Express Tribune wrote this on July 13, 2016, three days before Qandeel’s murder.
In an unexpected turn of events, a man claiming to be internet sensation Qandeel Baloch’s husband came forward live on television on Wednesday [July 13, 2016].
The event was shortly followed by Baloch admitting she was indeed married and even had a child from her marriage to the man.
“My husband used to beat me up,” she said while speaking to Express News
Baloch admitted she had a son with Hussain. However, she added, “He never told my child I am his mother. It was a forced marriage.”
Speaking to Express News, Hussain refuted Baloch’s claims and said it was a love marriage. “I still have letters which she wrote with her blood,” he said.
“She wanted a car and bungalow from me,” Hussain added.
“I never contacted Aashiq Hussain after the divorce,” Baloch said. “I took a divorce because I wanted to study further and work but I was forcibly married.”
“He tortured me day and night during the one year I was married to him,” Baloch said while speaking to The Express Tribune. “After a year, I ran away with my son and sought refuge in Darul Aman,” she continued. However, the social media sensation said her son fell sick and she could not afford treatment so she was forced to give his custody to Hussain.
“I will fight for my son now.”
The social media startlet aid she was married when she was 17 years old to a man hailing from Kot Addu.
First shot at fame
Qandeel shot to fame in Pakistan in 2014 after a video of her pouting for the camera and asking “How em looking?” went viral. (The picture is on this page.) (The Express Tribune, March 22, 2016)
Her Facebook page ‘crashes’
… as she promises to strip for cricket.
Facebook temporarily removes Qandeel Baloch’s official fan page, The Express Tribune, March 22, 2016
Qandeel Baloch’s death, of course, choked Facebook. However, almost four months before Facebook temporarily removed Qandeel Baloch’s entertaining fan page. She had over 400,000 followers on her Facebook page.
The Facebook page “Qandeel Baloch Official” redirected to the social media website’s home page indicating that her page has been officially taken down. However, it was restored soon.
It remains unclear why the page was removed, but a flurry of user reports may have triggered the action on Facebook’s part.
The move came days after the self-proclaimed model-singer-actor took social media by storm as she vowed to perform a “striptease” if the Pakistan cricket team won against arch rivals India at the Eden Gardens World T20 clash on March 19. “If Pakistan beats India in the match scheduled on March 18, I’ll strip dance for the country and will dedicate the dance to our captain Shahid Afridi,” she had said on her Facebook page.
Bigg Boss
In 2016 there was a buzz about Qandeel Baloch appearing on India’s Bigg Boss reality TV how. Qandeel Baloch was asked if she had filled the online form on the Colors website. She replied, “Why should I fill out a form? Those are for common people, not celebrities!”
She was right. It was Colors' privilege to have her on the show.
The saint and the showgirl
Isadora Duncan had the hots for the scholar George Bernard Shaw, Menka for the saint Vishwamitr and Mary Magdalene for the divine Lord Jesus. Through history women with complicated relationship statuses and interesting personal lives have sought out (and, often, done in) divinity, saints and scholars. Maybe they think that some of the bearded male elders’ goodness will erase some of their own naughty acts.
Only Shaw could get away because of his sharp, self-deprecating wit (‘What if our child has your brains and my looks?’). Vishwamitr succumbed, and sank. The gospel according to St Matthew tells us that the "disciples were indignant." The gospel according to St John adds that it Judas was the one who carped the most.
Lord Jesus’ justification of Magdalene’s anointing him was that the poor will always exist, and can be helped whenever desired.
What was Mufti Abdul Qavi’s, when he met Qandeel Baloch in a hotel room?
Hers was that she wanted to learn more about her faith.
In the video that was uploaded on Qandeel’s Facebook account, Qawi is seen saying he would guide the starlet on religious matters and she had agreed to become his student. That was his justification. The Mufti even gave her a fur cap [qaraquli?] with his signature. Her photograph wearing the cap went viral.
But the meeting itself went horribly wrong.
Qandeel claimed Mufti Qawi had asked about her choice of cigarette and drink which led her to think that “he would trap her.”
“This is why I took selfies with Mufti Sahab,” she said.
“He also said that you must forget Imran Khan as he is 65 years old and live with me… I am only 50 years old. We will not make public our nuptial agreement.”
Qawi was widely ridiculed when Qandeel uploaded the pictures along with a video of herself with the preacher, wearing his hat and pouting.
“I have unveiled a man who was leading the people towards ignorance in the name of Islam,” Qandeel said. “I will continue to unveil this hypocrite face of religious clerics who are defaming our religion and country.”
Indpaedia adds: When Qandeel posted their picture together on her Facebook page, comments flew thick and fast, mainly about her trying to ‘derail Muslims’ and corrupt Moulvis (clerics). The moulvi [presumably, Mufti Qavi] too was condemned roundly.
Fatima Baloch wrote, ‘Is oRat ko bsss Fame Chaiye jis k liye yeh ab yeh Muslims ko b derail karhi hy or second is Molvi Ko tou goli Maardeni chaiye bullshit’ (This woman only wants fame. She is trying to derail the Muslims. Secondly, this Moulvi should be shot dead.’)
Lord Jesus had got away with mere murmurs in the ranks. The Mufti’s fate was worse than Vishwamitr’s. Mufti Qavi’s Ruet-e-Hilal Committee membership was suspended for taking selfies with Qandeel Baloch.
Then Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf suspended Mufti Qavi’s party membership. The great cricketer-turned-politician had not got his third wife by then and Qandeel Baloch had occasionally indicated that she wanted to fill that slot.
How the Mufti must have wished that he had had Shaw’s gift of the gab, Khaya piya kuchh nahin. Gilas ki poori dookan toot gayi.
Worse was to follow.
Owais Qarni, The Express Tribune June 24, 2016 adds: Days after controversial selfies and videos of Qandeel Baloch and Mufti Abdul Qawi went viral, the self-proclaimed model demanded the government provide her security, claiming she is receiving life threats from the cleric.
“I am getting life threatening phone calls from Mufti Abdul Qawi, my life is constantly in danger and it is the duty of the government to protect my life and to provide me with security,” Qandeel told The Express Tribune.
“I have decided to file an FIR if the situation persists.”
Talking to The Express Tribune over phone, the social media starlet said she had not apologised [to] Mufti Qawi.
Threats
She had received threats from her family to quit modeling and her provocative appearances on social media. Her brother had been threatening her over her Facebook posts and videos , said the police.
Three weeks before her death, she had written to the interior minister, the director general of the Federal Investigation Authority (FIA) and the senior superintendent of Islamabad asking them to provide security to her, Dawn reported.
She had said her life is in danger and that she is being threatened via calls on her mobile number and that she did not have security measures installed in her home, the paper said.
She had expressed her desire many times to marry ex-cricketer and opposition politician Imran Khan. ( Qandeel Baloch, Pakistani model, killed by brother The Times of India TNN & Agencies | Jul 16, 2016)
Hatred against Qandeel builds up
Hours after Qandeel’s murder ‘Sg Pm’ wrote on her Facebook page, ‘No killing ever made me such happy.hats off to the brother. Wish i could see her dying in live video. Tawdry attention whore #Rot_in_hell_bitch #righteous_kill’
The ratio of people with Muslim-sounding names who agreed with ‘Sg Pm’ and disagreed with him was 2 in his favour, one against him.
But this hatred had been building up.
Music video released a day after Edhi’s death Six days before her murder, on 9 July 2016, Qandeel posted her latest—and fairly raunchy—music video (see pictures). Pakistan’s greatest son, the philanthropist Abdul Sattar Edhi, had died only the day before and the Ramzan fasts had ended three days before.
One Muneeza Khan used this to blast Qandeel, ‘Idher laug EidhiSab ki wafat ka saug mana rahe hain [Here people are mourning the demise of Edhi saheb] and this woman is showing off her body in this pathetic song. I dont hate u but what is the point of doing all this right after ramzan?’
A very large number of Facebook users agreed with Muneeza Khan’s views.
Tariq Ajmal added, ‘Theres a line between porn type musical videos and bollywood style dance stuff. What were they thinking? … And qandeel did whats expected. We need to stop this thinking that vulgarity and open mindness or educated thoughtfulness are the same. Even animals are covered with hair. And look at these two.’
With hindsight even we liberals wonder, ‘What were they thinking?’ Pakistan was clearly not ready for such a blatant display of female sexuality.
Taunting the Mufti (A Mufti is the highest-ranking Islamic cleric of a region; the head of the regional ifta, which provides guidance in matters of religion) Three weeks before her murder Qandeel created a video in which she sent a ‘poisonous message to the Mufti [Mufti ko Zehreela Peghaam] hahahhahahaha it will give u cancer lolzzz’
Through that coquettish video Qandeel, homorously, took on the religious establishment.
Eid ul Fitr (6 July 2016) Qandeel wished all her followers, ‘Eid Mubarak.’ However, she got a sermon in return.
Muhammad Fiaz said, ‘Eid mubarak to you. qandeel u should contact with your family also. it may they forgive u and u become a first model of our area.’
This showed that there were serious tensions within her family regarding her modelling and that they were not in contact with each other.
The murder
Pakistan's social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch was killed allegedly by her brother in Multan in Punjab province, becoming the latest victim of "honour killings" that plague the country.
The 26-year-old actor-cum-model was killed in central district of Multan on Friday 15 July 2016 night, police said.
Police said apparently she was killed by her brother named Wasim, who has fled after the incident.
"She was suffocated to death by strangulation. It seems to be a case of honour killing but we are investigating it," district police chief Azhar Akram said.
