Episode 107 - Pakistan’s Kim Kardashian & The Selfie That Killed

Qandeel Baloch was a social media sensation, women’s rights activist - and a queen of controversy. In 2016 Qandeel released a series of photos and videos that she had captured with one of Pakistan’s most influential and powerful clerics. She also accused him of sexually harassing her - 25 days later Qandeel was murdered; rocking Pakistan as much in death as she had done in life.

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Sources:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/09/qandeel-baloch-murder-pakistan-social-media-star

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/world/2017/sep/22/qandeel-baloch-feared-no-one-life-and-death

https://youtu.be/jUVyz2OQjbc

https://youtu.be/ptVjXHgsal4

A Woman Like Her: The Short Life of Qandeel Baloch by Sanam Maher

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Woman-Like-Her-Qandeel-Baloch/dp/152660759X

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