Working class heroine
As the title of Karachi-based journalist Sanam Maher's The Sensational Life Death of Qandeel Baloch suggests, it's a tabloid tale.
by Shougat Dasgupta
Jun 01, 2018
2 minutes
The Pakistani model and social media star Qandeel Baloch was murdered by her younger brother nearly two years ago, a so-called 'honour killing' that transformed the victim from a guilty pleasure for the tens of thousands that watched her gauche, almost endearingly 'sexy' YouTube videos into a national heroine, a symbol of resistance against
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