A man who had recently brought his family back to Pakistan in the United States admitted to having shot his teenage daughter, motivated by his disapproval of his content as Tiktok, said Pakistani police.
The incident took place on Tuesday in Quetta, the capital of the province of Balutchistan.
The suspect, identified as Anwar Ul-Haq, initially told the authorities that unidentified armed men had killed his daughter, but later admitted the crime, confirmed Babar Baloch.
“Our investigation suggests that the family has disapproved of their dressing, social activities and lifestyle,” said the main investigator Zohaib Mohsin. He added that the authorities are considering all angles, including the possibility of a murder of honor.
Haq, who has American citizenship, had recently returned his family to Pakistan after spending 25 years in the United States. According to the police, he opposed the Tiktok content of his daughter, which she had started to publish alive in the United States and continued after their return to Pakistan.
The Haq brother-in-law was also arrested as part of the murder.
Police said the suspect was officially accused of murder. However, they did not provide documentation on his American citizenship, declaring that this was based on his own testimony. They also refused to confirm whether the American authorities had been informed.
The victim’s family did not respond to requests for comments.
Pakistan, a country with 241 million people, has more than 54 million Tiktok users. However, the application has been faced with several prohibitions in recent years due to the content deemed “obscene” by the authorities.
The government has often put pressure on the platform to remove certain positions, citing concerns about social values.
The case has rekindled debates on the so-called killings of honor in Pakistan, where more than 1,000 women are murdered each year by family members for perceived transgressions, according to the Human Rights Commission of the Human Rights of the Human Rights Pakistan.
These incidents often involve the activity of social networks, personal relations or the defeat of conservative standards.
Police continue to investigate the case, in particular by analyzing the victim’s locked phone.
