Pakistani internet sensation in new row over photo with influential cleric

ISLAMABAD: Pakistani internet sensation Qandeel Baloch was at the centre of a fresh row on Wednesday after an influential cleric’s membership of a top religious

Published on: Jun 23, 2016, 07:34:29 IST

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistani internet sensation Qandeel Baloch was at the centre of a fresh row on Wednesday after an influential cleric’s membership of a top religious body was suspended for posing for selfies with her.

Baloch took social media by storm when she posted three selfies of herself with Mufti Abdul Qavi on her Facebook page. One of the images showed Qandeel playfully posing with the Mufti signature hat on her head, while he was seen holding a cell phone to his ear. Another picture showed Qandeel posing with Qavi sitting next to her.

After the images were widely shared on social media, the religious affairs ministry suspended Qavi’s membership of the Ruet-eHilal Committee, a key panel of clerics.

Talking to the media, Baloch said Qavi had invited her to meet him in a hotel for ‘iftar’.

She said that Qavi had been persuading her to meet him for quite some time and that the cleric had publicly professed his liking for her.

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