Stunning revelations: What was the real motive to kill Qandeel Baloch?

by Tauqeer Abbas
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Stunning revelations have come to light in social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch’s murder case, as sources on Saturday revealed that she was allegedly connected with bookies in Dubai and blackmailed the cricket players through selfies and videos at the behest of bookies and extorted money from them. Well-placed sources told media that social media celebrity Qandeel Baloch had allegedly forged nexus with Dubai-based bookies, which remained one of her major sources of income. Souces said Qandeel used to develop connections with leading sportsmen and other VIPs, adding that she made selfies and videos with sportsmen and celebrities, and later demanded huge amounts of money from them through blackmailing. These sportsmen and other targets were threatened of making public their selfies and videos with her in the event of non-acceptance of her demands. Mufti Abdul Qavi’s incident was the best example in this regard with whom she made selfies and videos. Using this new revelation as a means to detract from her honour killing would show a lack of tact, as the real issue is not if she was good or bad, but that girls get murdered by criminals who the state doesn’t not adequately punish. The media has a role to play in highlighting the real issues, and any story such as this, which attempts to sideline the real issue, should not be used to draw more readership. Qandeel Baloch’s case does not signify the entire struggle against honour killings, but her murder did bring the debate to the forefront in a very real and ugly way. Whether she was or was not a criminal is of absolutely no consequence posthumously, nor is anything else, except the conviction of all those involved in her murder, and the logical extension of using her death as a catalyst to prevent further honour killings. Qandeel deserves justice now, just as much as she did before. The law protects citizens from extra-judicial murders, regardless of character or creed. This is the role of the state – to be a neutral arbiter and the only body with the legitimate monopoly over violence. Honour killings and extra-judicial murders, regardless of motive, are crimes. If the state and legislature does not accept them as such, it means that the state is not one at all, that its executive arms share power with illegitimate power holders; an unacceptable arrangement for any citizen.

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