Saudi Arabia arrests, extradites Qandeel Baloch’s brother to Pakistan

• The Interpol cell in the Saudi Kingdom had arrested Qandeel's brother Muzaffar Iqbal to tackle international crime.
• Muzaffar was accused of aiding and abetting Qandeel’s murder.

Saudi Arabia has arrested and hand over slain model Qandeel Baloch's brother Muzaffar Iqbal to Pakistan on request of Pakistani government in 2016.

Muzaffar was an absconding suspect in her murder back to Pakistan, Arab media reported on Thursday. The International Criminal Police Organization’s (Interpol) cell in the Saudi Kingdom had arrested brother of Qandeel to tackle international crime.

A fugitive suspected of instigating the murder of Pakistani model and social media star Qandeel Baloch has been extradited from Saudi Arabia, Interior Ministry officials revealed on Thursdayhttps://t.co/jBnX0eLt4D pic.twitter.com/pTacZFtYKy

— Arab News (@arabnews) 3 January 2020

Muzaffar was accused of aiding and abetting Qandeel’s murder.

In 2016, Qandeel’s brother, Waseem, had strangled her to death at her residence in Punjab. Following the incident, Qandeel’s father Muhammad Azeem Baloch, had lodged a murder case against his son.

In September last year, a model court had sentenced the model's brother, Waseem Khan, to life in prison for murdering his sister. He had on record admitted to drugging and killing his sister when he was presented before a special magistrate.