INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
File photoMULTAN: A court on Friday convicted brother of Qandeel Baloch of killing her sister and sentenced him to life in prison .Six
others including Mufti Abdul Qavi, Qandeel's other two brothers, Aslam Shaheen and Arif were acquitted in the case
In 2016, Qandeel Baloch was strangled to death at her home in Punjab by her brother Waseem
Her father Muhammad Azeem Baloch had lodged a murder case against his son Waseem, accomplices Haq Nawaz and others
An affidavit submitted by the parents in 2016 also named two of other sons, Aslam Shaheen and Arif.Waseem had gone on record and admitted to
drugging and killing his sister when he was presented before a special magistrate.In an affidavit submitted on August 21, the parents said
they had forgiven their sons, urging the court to acquit them.The affidavit submitted in court further stated Qandeel's murder case was
registered on July 16, 2016, while the change to the Anti-Honour Killing Laws which prevents killers from walking free after a pardon was
Thus, it was not applicable in this murder case.The new legislation made it mandatory for those convicted to serve at least 12 years in jail
and made the state a plaintiff in cases.The court on August 22, had rejected the appeal of slain model parents to pardon their sons for her
murder.During proceedings, Qandeel parents informed the court that they were only pardoning their sons and not others accused in the case,
Mufti Abdul Qavi, Haq Nawaz, Abdul Basit and Zafar.Baloch parents had earlier refused to pardon their sons for killing her and had called
for capital punishment in the case
Her father had said that he would be happy if his son and the three other accused were &hanged for their unforgivable
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