The police in the capital of Pakistan, Islamabad, arrested a accused man or killing an influence of 17 -year -old social networks, healthy Yousaf.
Yousaf, who had hundreds of thousands of followers in Tiktok and Instagram, was shot dead in his house on Monday, the last high profile of femicide profile suspended in Pakistan.
What happened to healthy Yousaf?
Local media reported that Yousaf was shot dead at his home in Islamabad around 5 PM (12:00 GMT), according to a police report presented by Yousaf’s mother, Farzana Yousaf, seen by the Pakistani news media, Dawn.
The report added that Yosaf was shot twice on his chest and was tasks of a hospital, but died of his wounds.
Who was healthy Yousaf?
Yousaf was an influencer of social networks, originally from Chitral, a city of about 400 km (250 miles) to the north or Islamabad.
Until Wednesday, his Tiktok account had 1.1 million followers. She or published videos or herself synchronization of lips with songs. The last video published in the account is an assembly of it celebrating his birthday with his friends.
On Tuesday, Yousaf was buried in his ancestral cemetery in the Chuinj village of Chitral, according to the sunrise.
What do we know about the suspect of murder?
On Tuesday, Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi, the Inspector General of Police of Islamabad (PGI), told a media conference that the police had arrested a suspect from Faisalabad, a city at about 320 km (200 miles) south of Islamabad, within 20 hours of the murder.
“The defendant is an 22 -year -old unemployed man who tried to repeatedly contact the victim. When refusing to respond, he committed the murder,” Rizvi said.
Hey added that the suspect took Yousaf’s phone with him to “destroy evidence”, but that the police had taken over his phone and the homicide weapon of the suspect.
Dawn reported, citing unidentified sources close to investment, which the suspect and USAF had met for a year. The suspect had traveled to Islamabad between May 28 and 29 to wish Yosaf well on his birthday, but the two could not find themselves, for not specified reasons.
The suspect and Yousaf then spoke on the phone and decided to meet on June 2. When the suspect arrived at Yousaf’s house, she didn’t go out. However, it still managed to enter and there was a discussion, it became the murder of Yousaf.
Yousaf’s parents were not at home when Murder Tok Place, but his aunt was present.
What are the reactions to the murder of Yousaf?
The National Women’s State Commission (NCSW), a legal body established to examine government policies that affect women, has demanded a detailed investigation into crime.
“We will not let this case be buried under the social stigma, the false narratives of honor or the procedural gaps. This meaningless murder highlights the vulnerability of women and girls, only in their own homes. We demand justice for health state, and hope, and we hope, and we hope, we hope, state, states, hope, state, state.
Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi confirmed the suspect’s trial in an X position on Tuesday. “The police have recovered the gun and the phone I [iPhone] From the girl and the deceased defendant they have also confessed the murder, ”he was written. Al Jazeera has not been able to confirm independently if the suspect has confessed to kill Yousaf.
Well done the Islamabad police. Case of murder of healthy Yousaf tracked, accused arrested and weapon recovered in 20 hours
The incident occurred yesterday in Islamabad when a young woman was killed by a masked defendant. The defendant has been arrested only one hour ago. The police have … pic.twitter.com/jmqx9xalhm
– Mohsin Naqvi (@mohsinnaqvic42) June 3, 2025
Aurrat March, the feminist group that organizes the largest annual march of Pakistan in multiple cities, generally coincided with International Women’s Day on March 8, published a statement on Tuesday. “We, the aurat March chapters throughout the country, demand justice for healthy, a 17 -year -old girl and a Tiktoker who tragically lost her life due to patriarchal violence,” writes the account in the title.
“Patriarchy feels more threatened when women and gender minorities demand voice and visibility in public by challenging stand standards. In response, it becomes violence of the final tool to silence, control and erase.
“This is exactly what happened to healthy, who was killed inside his own home by a violent man who could not be for an answer. This was a random blow, this was a planned attack where the privacy of a younger girl and the home could have more west.
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– Aurrat March – عور Lar IPP Bed (@auratmarkkhi) June 3, 2025
Actor Mahira Khan also published a story on Instagram, sharing the news of Yousaf’s murder. “Disgusted to the nucleus,” Khan wrote in the title.
How common is an incident like this in Pakistan?
In recent years, there have been several incidents that involve young women subject to violent crimes at the hands of the men they know. Many of these women also had a presence in social networks on platforms such as Taptok.
“The murder of healthy Yousaf is part of a horrible and continuous pattern or violence against women in Pakistan, especially those who dare to exist autonomy,” Nighat Dad, the executive director of a non -governmental investigation rise. Organization. “These are not isolated incidents. What connects them is a culture where women are punished for visibility, independence and saying no.
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On January 28, a man named Anwar Ul-Haq was accused of murder after he confessed to his daughter Hira Anwar of 14 years in Quetta, a city in the southwest of Pakistan. The man, who recently transferred his family to Pakistan from the United States, told Police that he found Tiktok videos made by his “objectable.” His daughter had bones by publishing videos on the social platform before moving to Pakistan with her family.
In October 2024, the police in the city of southern Pakistan, Karachi, said they had arrested a man for killing four family members. The four women, of 60, 21, 20, 20 and 12, were found with throats in Hendidura in separate rooms from their apartment, according to the police.
In 2022, the American Pakistani woman Sania Khan was 29 years old when she was killed by her ex -husband, Raheel Ahmad, in Chicago after having published her divorce in the Tiktok account. When the police arrived, Ahmad, 36 at that time, shot up with the weapon that used to kill Khan.
Possible the highest high profile murder case of a Pakistani woman tok place in 2016, when the star of the social networks Qandeel Baloch was killed by his brother when he was 26 years old.
“Women who are visible online, particularly those who challenge social norms or exist outside the respectability policy mill, face disproportionate abuses and threats,” Dad said. “The reaction is not only digital, it is physical. When the platforms do not act against hatred and harassment, they allow a culture where violence becomes the concession of women that are simply seen and heard.”
In total, 346 women in Pakistan were killed in 2024 on behalf of “Honor”, compared to 324 in 2023, according to the Pakistan Human Rights Commission (HRCP).
But this statistic probably does not include cases such as Yousaf, where the accused man is not from the victim’s family and committed murder after his advances were rejected.
In July 2021, Noor Mukadam, 27, was killed in Islamabad by Zahir Jaffer, whose family was known by Mukadam’s. In 2022, a judge sentenced Jaffer to death for the violation, murder and the Beeado of Mukadam. Last week, Pakistan’s Supreme Court trusted Jaffer’s death penalty.
“We need a systemic change. The State must treat online misogyny and gender violence such as connected threats and not separate problems,” said Dad. “When a woman says no, and a man responds violently, that’s not heartbreak, it’s abuse.”
