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"It was only when the clerics got involved that things went south for Qandeel Baloch, not because of her online persona..."

Oscar winning director Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy talks about the murder of the Pakistani social media star by her brother, in a so called 'honour killing'. Sharmeen says figures suggest three women a day are murdered in Pakistan in an 'honour killing' but that the number is in reality much higher as many killings are not reported. Sharmeen's two documentaries 'A girl in The River' and 'Song of Lahore' premiered at the London Indian Film Festival which was also based in Birmingham

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