1. Qandeel Baloch, birth name Fouzia Azeem, was a Pakistani model, actress and feminist activist.
25 Facts About Qandeel Baloch
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Qandeel Baloch is one of the top 10 most searched-for persons on the internet in Pakistan and was both celebrated and criticised for the content of her videos and posts.
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Qandeel Baloch came from an underprivileged family, the daughter of Anwar Bibi and Muhammad Azeem, who scratched a living from local farming.
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Qandeel Baloch's catchphrases became popular and were humorously adopted by Pakistani youth.
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Some international news media compared her to Kim Kardashian; however, local commentators stated that she was more significant than Kardashian, as Qandeel Baloch "went against the norms of society" and lived life on her own terms.
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Qandeel Baloch started to appear on Pakistani talk shows regularly by 2014, either to perform songs or to discuss her rising social media popularity.
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Qandeel Baloch participated in "Desi Kuriyan " as a contestant.
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Qandeel Baloch served as digital manager at Neptuner Web Solutions.
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In June 2016, Qandeel Baloch met senior cleric Mufti Abdul Qawi at a hotel to learn more about her faith; the interaction between them brought about mayhem on social media platforms, as their photos became popular online.
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The meeting led to the Mufti being suspended from his position from one of Pakistan's religious committees, and to Qandeel Baloch being a regular on popular Pakistani current affairs and news programmes.
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Qandeel Baloch appeared on various popular Pakistani TV shows with senior anchors such as Mubashir Lucman.
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Qandeel Baloch released a teaser on social media, which became popular, but Pakistan lost the match.
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Qandeel Baloch said that many organizations, people and media groups were calling her to feature in their shows to increase their own ratings.
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At around the same time, Qandeel Baloch's ex-husband described in the media their brief marriage, revealing intimate details of their relationship.
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Qandeel Baloch claimed her husband had been abusive, and cried publicly about the pain of the marriage.
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Around 14 July 2016, Qandeel Baloch spoke by phone to a reporter from the Express Tribune and stated that she feared for her life.
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Qandeel Baloch told the reporter that she had sought protection from the police but on receiving no response, had decided to move abroad with her parents after the Eid al-Fitr holidays as she felt unsafe in Pakistan.
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In 2008, at age 17, Qandeel Baloch was married to a local man named Aashiq Hussain, her mother's cousin.
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Qandeel Baloch's husband beat and tortured her, and after two years of marriage, she fled.
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On 15 July 2016, Baloch was drugged and then asphyxiated by her brother M Waseem while she was asleep at her parents' home in Multan.
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Marks on Qandeel Baloch's body revealed that her mouth and nose were pinned shut to asphyxiate her.
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Qandeel Baloch's murder was widely condemned by media celebrities and people around the globe, while many in Pakistan were more inclined to support her murder.
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On 2 November 2017, the of Qandeel Baloch's father submitted an application to police alleging that his life was in danger from those who planned his daughter's murder.
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Qandeel Baloch's death has drawn mixed reactions from different sections of society in Pakistan.
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In 2016, MangoBaaz reported that Qandeel Baloch was the most Googled person in Pakistan in 2016.