Skip to main content

Qandeel Baloch, the Pakistani Kim Kardashian is dead, RIP!


Qandeel Baloch, 26, the famous or the notorious Pakistani social media celebrity was strangled to death by her own brother; yes by her own brother in HONOUR KILLING. Her brother thought of her as a ‘disgrace’ to their family due to her controversial videos which went viral on social media. Alas a thing like ‘honor killing’ still exists in this modern 21st century world. Me like every other person who knew this lady was shocked at her sudden demise, I myself found her quite annoying but I still used to laugh the guts out at her videos and I didn’t imagine that she would turn up dead all of a sudden even though it was kind of predictable, given the society we live in.
What still baffles me is that she was mercilessly killed by her own brother. Then if not her brother then some other lunatic must have killed her, I mean a person like her couldn’t have survived here. A question popped in my mind following her death that why don’t we kill those sick minded men in the name of ‘honor’ or ‘ghairat’ who harass females in public? Why is honor only for females? And considering the amount of women harassed daily, there won’t be any man left in this country if we started killing them in the name of honor.


Qandeel Baloch did what she wanted for herself, she took responsibility of herself and didn’t allow anyone to boss her around. She was ridiculed, faced contempt, hatred, people said that she deserved to die (the same people who are now mourning her death). No death threats could stop her, I may not agree to everything she said but she did make a strong impression by standing for her rights in this chaos-stricken country.
She will also be remembered for exposing Mufti Abdul Qavi. She posted photos on Facebook with this cleric which attracted a lot of attention on social media, the mufti held a grudge against her for revealing his true identity because it got him expelled from the Ruet-e-Hilal committee. The mufti warned that people who disrespect religious clerics will meet the same fate as Qandeel’s. And what about the Mufti himself? He was taking pictures with a woman other than his mother, sister and wife. He is a ‘disgrace’ to his family, he should be killed in the name of honor, that makes sense, doesn't it? But the point is that it is wrong whether it is a male or a female, murder can never be justified.

Qandeel Baloch or Fouzia Azeem was a resilient, strong and an honest lady. She served as an example for women to live their lives the way they want. And to all the people who are rejoicing at her death and praising her brother; YOU PEOPLE ARE ALSO HER MURDERERS, I am sorry that you didn’t get to fight for your son, I hope that he knows who his mother was.
Rest in peace Qandeel, rest in peace Fouzia.





Labels:

Comments

  1. Thinking Loud19 July 2016 at 10:23

    Can't agree more. A beautiful piece on our pathetic state of affairs.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Jinnah Of Pakistan by Stanley Wolpert- A Review!

Probably the most prominent figure in the Indian politics of his time Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah the greatest ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity, the man who divided India and the leader who fought for the Muslims. Stanley Wolpert's informative book on Jinnah reveals many unknown things regarding the great leader. The book sheds light on Jinnah and urges the reader to look at the bigger picture, Jinnah is not just portrayed as an epitome of perfection but as an ordinary human being who possesses certain sentiments and feelings. The book depicts Jinnah's life from birth, as a student who disliked arithmetic, as a young lad who aspires to study in London, a husband, lawyer and his drastic transition from being the greatest ambassador of Hindu-Muslim unity to a person who seriously opposed the Hindus and Muslims living together in one nation. Wolpert records at least seven decades of Indian history along with the public and private life of Jinnah to the pinnacle where...
1 comment
Read more

Punjabi: The Linguistically Inferior

Two days ago, a tweet by Sabahat Zakariya shook the Pakistani twitter, Sabahat being an influential person of the Pakistani twitterati caused quite a stir by her tweet which was a condemnation of actions and behavior towards the Punjabis that are racist which is about their language and how they are made fun of often and how everyone ignores that. Here are her exact words: 'The only ethnicity in Pakistan against whom you you can get away with saying simply anything are Punjabis. Criticism of the Punjabi establishment is deployed to get away with being racist towards the average Punjabi and his/her language, manner and background.' A lot of people seemed to have been offended with this tweet of hers with many of them condemning her for centering the conversation towards Punjabis when other ethnicities are less privileged and have suffered by the Punjabi domination in Pakistan's ruling elite. Many have absurdly even drawn comparisons with PTM and the racial prof...
1 comment
Read more

Edhi: The Angel disguised as a human!

When I received the news of Edhi’s demise, I was devastated, I couldn’t believe it. The ‘Angel of Mercy’ was dead; it would take a lifetime to witness a man like him, so kind, so gentle, and so desperate to care for the well-being of others. He belonged to that tiny fraction of people in this world who are so hell-bent on keeping humanity alive through their actions. Abdul Sattar Edhi rendered his services to the poor and the needy almost his entire life, he was the manifestation of love for helpless people, he founded the Edhi Foundation nearly sixty years ago when he was a young boy and since then he is providing assistance to all the impoverished and poor of not only this nation but citizens of other nations as well. I think that now instead of mourning Edhi we should celebrate his life, we should praise him for his desire to love others unconditionally, we should cherish him for providing shelter and acting as a fatherly figure for every single person regardless of their ...
1 comment
Read more