In a shocking turn of events, the Lahore High Court (LHC) acquitted the prime suspect and brother of model Qandeel Baloch in her murder case. The LHC’s Multan bench cancelled life imprisonment of the accused after witnesses deviated from their statements in the trial court and Qandeel’s mother submitted a reconciliation agreement stipulating parental pardon.
Controversial religious scholar Mufti Abdul Qavi has said that the Islamabad-based US blogger, Cynthia Ritchie requested him ‘a number of times’ for a meeting but he refused all the invitations. According to news report of local Urdu daily, Mufti Qavi said that numerous politicians from Punjab are also closely associated with Cynthia but he will reveal details at the right time.