A man who recently brought his family back to Quetta from the United States on Wednesday confessed to shoot his dead teenage daughter, motivated by his disapproval of his Tiktok content, according to the police.
The shooting occurred on a street on Quetta on Monday night. Initially, the suspect said that the unidentified gunmen fired and killed their 15 -year -old daughter born in the United States before confessing the crime, said the Officer of the Gawalmandi station station (Sho) Babar Baloch.
“Our investigation so far discovered that the family had an objection to their clothing, lifestyle and social meeting,” said Zohaib Mohsin, a police superintendent (SSP) (SSP) of investigation of crimes crimes.
“We have his phone. Is blocked, “he said Reuters. “We are investigating all aspects, including the murder of ‘honor’.”
The family recently returned to Baluchistan after having lived in the United States for about 25 years, said Sho Baloch. He said the suspect has American citizenship, added that the suspect told him that the girl began to create “objectable” content in Tiktok when she lived in the United States.
The suspect told the Police that he continued sharing videos on the platform after returning to Pakistan.
Baloch said that the brother of the suspect was also arrested in relation to the murder, while the police said they had accused the suspect of the murder.
Police did not offer proof of the American citizenship of HAQ, except for the suspect’s own testimony and refused to say if the United States embassy had been informed of the incident.
A press release from the SCIW said that the Police was alerted to the incident on Monday night, after which the suspect presented a case at the Gawalmandi Police station under section 302 of the Pakistan Criminal Code (intentional murder) .
He added that the suspect and his brother -in -law confessed the crime when they were included in the investigation. In addition, he said that the suspect had arrived with his daughter in Lahore from New York on January 15 and Quetta on January 22.
His family refused to respond to Reuters‘Request for comments.
More than 54 million people use Tiktok in Pakistan, with the authorities blocking the application to share videos several times in recent years about content moderation.
The authorities disagree with what they call “obscene content” on the social networks platform, which has recently begun to comply with applications to eliminate some content.
The data of the Pakistan Human Rights Commission showed that in 2024, the murders of ‘Honor’ continued to be a serious problem in all Pakistan, with particularly high figures in Sindh and Punjab. From January to November, a total of 346 people were victims of “honoring” crimes in the country.