Murdered Qandeel Baloch took care of family, including killer brother

She had also paid for a huge ransom to get her sister married.

Mohammad Azeem, the father of Qandeel Baloch, the Pakistani social media sensation who was strangled to death by her own brother, said on Monday he would pursue the case against his son Waseem.

“She was my son, not a daughter. I have lost my son. She supported all of us, including my son who killed her,” he added. His sons were unhappy over “her achievements” and turned against her even though she supported them, he added.

Confessing to his crime, Pakistan's internet sensation and model Qandeel Baloch's brother who was arrested for drugging and strangling her said he is \"not embarrassed\" to have killed her as she brought disrepute to the family.

The 26-year-old Qandeel Baloch was killed at her home in central district of Multan. Her brother Muhammad Wasim had fled soon after the incident. He was arrested late on Saturday, Multan City police chief Azhar Akram said, and confessed to drugging then strangling her \"for honour\".

In an interview to Dawn.com the day before her death, Qandeel had said, \"I married my sister off, I gave jahez (dowry) for her wedding, I tried to keep relations going with my family, I bought a house for them in Multan. My parents are settled in Multan, my house is there.\"

Baloch had also alleged that she had divorced her husband because he was abusive, and that a marriage had been forced upon her when she was 17 by her parents. She said that she has a child who she is not allowed to meet.

Responding to questions at a press conference arranged by police officials, brother Wasim said that “Yes of course, I strangled her.”

“I am a drug addict but I was in my senses when I murdered her and I accept it with pride. Now everybody will remember me with honour that I have provided relief to my parents and brothers who were suffering for the last two decades because of her,” said Wasim recalling the 'disrepute' Qandeel brought to their family.

He further went on to say, “Girls are born only to stay at home and to bring honour to the family by following family traditions but Qandeel had never done that.”

“My friends used to send me videos and pictures on my mobile and everyone in the mobile market was sharing pictures and videos of her with me. Murdering her was better than committing suicide so I went with the former plan,” added Wasim.

Qandeel was a media sensation, bold in her videos and considered quite controversial in the country. She shot to fame in Pakistan in 2014 after a video of her pouting for the camera. She became famous through her tireless self-promotion and suggestive \"selfies\" posted on social media and had amassed tens of thousands of followers.

Qandeel had taken social media by storm with her statement promising to strip if Pakistan won the T20 cricket match against India in March.

Baloch's funeral was held early Sunday near her family home in southern Punjab.