A Pakistani man sentenced to life in prison in 2019 for strangling his sister, a model on social media, was acquitted of murder Monday after his parents pardoned him under Islamic law, an attorney for the man's family said. Waseem Azeem was arrested in 2016 after he confessed to killing Qandeel Baloch, 26, for posting what he called “shameful” pictures on Facebook. Islamic law in Pakistan allows a murder victim’s family to pardon a convicted killer.
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Pakistani court acquits model’s killer on parents’ pardon
