Pakistani model killed by brother for posting semi-nude selfies on social media

July 16, 2016

Islamabad, Jul 16: 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.

1modelThe 26-year-old actor-cum-model was killed in central district of Multan last night, police said today.

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.

Her real name was Fouzia Azeem but she chose Qandeel Baloch as her pseudonym after stepping into modelling.

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 ago, 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.

Qandeel was media sensation and unbelievably bold and was also considered highly controversial. She shot to fame in Pakistan in 2014 after a video of her pouting for the camera.

She became famous through her tireless self-promotion and semi-nude "selfies" posted on social media and had amassed tens of thousands of followers.

She had expressed her desire many times to marry ex-cricketer and opposition politician Imran Khan.

Her controversial pictures recently led to the suspension of Mufti Qawi's membership from the Ruet-e-Hilal committee.

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Maruthi
 - 
Sunday, 17 Jul 2016

Dear Naren . '' We dont just slit the throat in bakrid we do it on all ocassions . and we do slit the throat of those who slit the throat of innocent humans and anti India elements ....

Khalid bin waleed the great (RA) told the romans in reply to their mocking ''you Arabs dont have anything to eat ...so you looking for something to eat here '' he told '' we are thirsty of Blood and we heard Blood of romans are tasty''

so applied to here we are thirsty of sick minds and we heard that RSS has plenty of such...''so we are here ''

babu bajarangi
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Sunday, 17 Jul 2016

Naren,Fully secure women for islam,compare to hindu women there are less rape and kidnaping mussilms women.becouse they protect there self,dress code and all,kaamale kanige kaanudella haladine,nara satta naren alwa.heeeeeeeeeeeeeee

Naren kotian
 - 
Saturday, 16 Jul 2016

There is no voice for women in muslim community ...they train young kids to slit the throat of animals on bakrid day ..what else we can expect from them ..israel is right ...shoot to kill is the best medicine for islamic blood thirsty terrorism and look at CD..they are putting headline as if she committed mistake and indirectly justifying the act of wahabist muslims

UMMAR
 - 
Saturday, 16 Jul 2016

Dear Friends Please don't be shock Urself for killed Pakistani model by his own borther that their family problem

we wil thk about us before we discuss about other country in INDIA MAN KILLED FOR EATING BEEF SLAGUTER BEEF ,

Playboy
 - 
Saturday, 16 Jul 2016

Shocking incident! Killed by own brother? RIP

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July 9,2020

Mangaluru, Jul 9: The National Highway 73 between Mangaluru and Chikmagalur was blocked after a huge tree was uprooted and fell on the road near Somanthadka near Belthangady on Thursday due to heavy rain which has been lashing the region since last three days.

The monsoon rain has shifted from the coastal belt to the hilly region of the Western Ghats leading to closure of major roads after a tree was uprooted.

Karkala BJP MLA Sunil Kumar, who was traveling to Bengaluru had to wait for a long time for the traffic to clear.

Meanwhile Chikkamagaluru Deputy Commissioner Dr Bagadi Gautam imposed ban on movement of vehicles on Charmadi ghat from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.

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Ajaz
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Thursday, 9 Jul 2020

Hope Hasanabba Charmadi cleared the road.

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May 29,2020

Bengaluru, May 29: A cost-effective state of the art glove box testing booth for swab collection was inaugurated by Karnataka Medical Education Minister Dr K Sudhakar at Victoria hospital.

Inaugurating the specially designed booth for safer, easier and quicker testing, Medical Education Minister Dr Sudhakar said that the portable booths can be used at border check posts and hot spots.

"The testing method involves the collection of samples from inside a box of aluminium and glass. The suspected corona virus-infected individual, whose samples are being taken, has to walk up to the booth and stand in front of the glass exterior. The healthcare worker inside the kiosk collects the sample and then, follows the sanitisation process before proceeding to take the next sample. The collection process, fully contactless, gets over in five minutes," the Minister said.

Dr Sudhakar also said: "This booth significantly reduces manpower requirement and the need for PPE kits. The main advantages of this procedure are that it needs fewer healthcare workers and strictly adheres to the norms of social distancing. 

The booth is low-cost. Each model costs about Rs 15,000-20,000."
It is also portable and can be mounted on a vehicle and transported to any location.

It can be particularly useful for collecting samples in hot spots and border checkpoints, he added. 

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March 10,2020

Bengaluru, Mar 10: Techies living in a Whitefield apartment block where the city's first Coronavirus patient was residing have been asked to work from home.

The Karnataka government is in touch with the heads of IT and ITES companies, some of which are said to have asked their staff to work from home.

Deputy Chief Minister Dr C Ashwath Narayan, who also holds the IT and BT Portfolio, said the government had directed the companies to explore giving their employees the work-from-home option.

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