Qandeel’s father, Muhammad Azeem, after her death had filed a police report against his sons. In an interview with BBC, the social media starlet’s parents spoke about their daughter’s murder and their relationship with her prior to her death.
Amnesty International welcomed the decision of Punjab authorities to register Qandeel Baloch’s murder as a crime against the state, and refuse her family the legal right to grant their son clemency.
“I say he should be shot on sight. He suffocated my little one,” Baloch’s father Muhammad Azeem said, referring to his son Waseem who killed Baloch. “We were drugged, asleep upstairs. She must have called out to us,” her father revealed. Azeem described Baloch as his “best friend,” but claimed that his son Waseem had been “crazed.”
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Baloch’s mother said the 26-year-old used to share all her secrets with her. “We were mother and daughter, sharing all our sorrows and secrets. She used to tell me ‘Your daughter is working hard, she’ll go far’,” she said.
Recalling the night of the murder, Qandeel’s mother said she and Azeem were also drugged the night of the murder. “My husband and I fell deep asleep. We had milk, it had been laced with sedatives,” she said.“In the morning, I called Qandeel for breakfast… but she didn’t get up.”
“In the morning, I called Qandeel for breakfast… but she didn’t get up.”Her mother, describing Baloch’s corpse, said, “Her whole face was covered in bruises, her tongue was black, her lips were black.”
Her mother, describing Baloch’s corpse, said, “Her whole face was covered in bruises, her tongue was black, her lips were black.”Mufti Abdul Qavi investigated over Qandeel Baloch’s honour killing.
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Qandeel Baloch’s brother has confessed to strangling his sister to death during her sleep on July 15, triggering global outrage. On Monday, the mother of Qandeel Boloch had accused Qavi of instigating his sons – Shahid, Aashiq and Waseem – against Qandeel.
