Islamabad: Pakistan's social media celebrity&nbsp;Qandeel Baloch, who was a controversial figure due to her&nbsp;fame coming from suggestive photos and videos in a conservative nation,&nbsp;was killed allegedly by her brother in Multan&nbsp;in Punjab province, becoming the latest victim of "honour&nbsp;killings" that plague the country.
The 26-year-old actor-cum-model was killed in central&nbsp;district of Multan last night, police said on Saturday.
Police said apparently she was killed by her brother&nbsp;named Wasim, who has fled after the incident.
<img title="Qandeel Baloch" src="http://images.mid-day.com/images/images/2016/jul/Qandeel-Baloch.jpg" alt="Qandeel Baloch" /> Qandeel Baloch
"She was suffocated to death by strangulation. It seems&nbsp;to be a case of honour killing but we are investigating it,"&nbsp;district police chief Azhar Akram said.&nbsp;
Her real name was Fouzia Azeem but she chose Qandeel&nbsp;Baloch as her pseudonym after stepping into modelling.
She had received threats from her family to quit modeling&nbsp;and her provocative appearances on social media. Her brother&nbsp;had been threatening her over her Facebook posts and videos,&nbsp;said the police.
Three weeks ago, she had written to the interior&nbsp;minister, the director general of the Federal Investigation&nbsp;Authority (FIA) and the senior superintendent of Islamabad&nbsp;asking them to provide security to her, Dawn reported.
She had said her life is in danger and that she is being&nbsp;threatened via calls on her mobile number and that she did not&nbsp;have security measures installed in her home, the paper said.&nbsp;
Qandeel was media sensation and unbelievably bold and was&nbsp;also considered highly controversial. She shot to fame in&nbsp;Pakistan in 2014 after a video of her pouting for the camera.
She became famous through her tireless self-promotion and&nbsp;suggestive "selfies" posted on social media and had amassed&nbsp;tens of thousands of followers.
She had expressed her desire many times to marry&nbsp;ex-cricketer and opposition politician Imran Khan.&nbsp;Her controversial pictures recently led to the suspension&nbsp;of Mufti Qawi's membership from the Ruet-e-Hilal committee.

Pakistan's social media celebrity&nbsp;Qandeel Baloch, who was a controversial figure in the conservative nation,&nbsp;was killed allegedly by her brother, becoming another victim of 'honour&nbsp;killing'

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