Qandeel Baloch's brother says relatives helped in her murder

Islamabad: Muhammad Waseem Azeem, the brother and murderer of Pakistani model and social media sensation Qandeel Baloch, on Friday told the police that two of his relatives were his accomplices in the honour killing of his 26-year-old sister.

While undergoing a lie-detector test, Waseem told the police that he was helped by two other men in Qandeel’s murder. He said the murder was collectively plotted by him and his relatives Haq Nawaz and Basit.

According to Waseem, he was accompanied by Nawaz at the time of strangling his sister to death while Basit waited outside the residence in a car.

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Other highlights:

• Waseem said he as well as the co-conspirators had fled to Dera Ghazi Khan, from where he was nabbed, after killing Qandeel.
• Police said they were interrogating at least seven people in connection with Qandeel murder case.
• Two of the deceased’s sister-in-laws were also apprehended by the police from Dera Ghazi Khan city of Pakistan.