Pakistani TikToker Sana Yousaf celebrated 17th birthday days before being killed by stalker. Her last video

Hours before she was shot to death, Pakistani TikTok star Sana Yousaf had shared a video of her 17th birthday celebrations.

Updated on: Jun 4, 2025, 13:39:08 IST

By Sanya Jain

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Pakistani TikTok star Sana Yousaf was shot to death at her home in Islamabad on June 2. Just hours before the fatal shooting, she had shared a video that showed her celebrating her 17th birthday.

Sana Yousaf was shot to death inside her home in Islamabad. (Instagram/@sanayousaf22)

Set to the music of ‘Lutt Putt Gaya’ from Shah Rukh Khan-starrer Dunki, the video showed 17-year-old Sana Yousaf cutting a cake, meeting friends and eating at a restaurant. She was seen dressed in a brown skirt and shirt, laughing and smiling.

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According to a report in USA Today, Sana had celebrated her birthday on May 29. She posted the video of the celebration on TikTok and Instagram mere hours before her tragic death. The comments section of the post has now been flooded with shocked comments from grieving fans of the influencer, who had more than a million followers across platforms.

Who killed Sana Yousaf?

Islamabad Police said that Sana Yousaf was shot at her home in front of her mother on June 2. The murder sent shockwaves through the country.

Umar Hayat, a 22-year-old man, was arrested for shooting the Pakistani TikTok star. Hayat was traced to Faisalabad, located more than 300 km away from Islamabad.

What was the motive behind Sana Yousaf’s killing?

Her “gruesome and cold-blooded” murder was driven by rejection and obsession, police said.

In a press conference on May 3, Islamabad Inspector General (IG) Syed Ali Nasir Rizvi said that Umar Hayat, 22, had tried to contact Sana repeatedly after being rejected. He wanted to befriend the TikTok star and had even reached her birthday party on May 29. Umar “tried to meet her for seven to eight hours but failed.”

On the day of the murder, he again tried to meet Sana. This time, too, he waited for seven to eight hours to meet her in vain. After being rejected several times, Umar entered the house by force and shot Sana.

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Sanya Jain
Sanya Jain is an Assistant Editor with Hindustan Times Digital. She has nearly a decade of experience in covering offbeat stories that speak to the everyday experience - from viral videos to human interest copies that spark conversation. Her interests stretch across business, pop culture, social media trends, entertainment and global affairs. Before joining Hindustan Times, Sanya spent two years with Moneycontrol and five years with NDTV. She holds an undergraduate degree in English literature from St Stephen’s College, Delhi, and a master’s in journalism from the Xavier Institute of Communications, Mumbai. Sanya has a sharp eye for spotting emerging trends and looking for newsworthy angles to elevate viral posts into meaningful narratives. She was the first one, for example, to cover Narayana Murthy’s remark on 70-hour work weeks that sparked a national conversation. She is equally at ease writing about business leaders as about the common man, about issues of national importance and memes that amuse social media. Sanya enjoys speaking with content creators, newsmakers and entrepreneurs to transform everyday moments into engaging, slice-of-life stories that resonate with readers. When she is not working, Sanya can be found curled up with a good book. Born and raised in Lucknow, she has spent the last several years in Delhi. She is deeply interested in animal welfare and now spends a lot of her time running after her destructive orange cat.Read More

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