In February 2022, a notorious Pakistani murderer was acquitted.
Surprisingly, however, many people in Pakistan itself not only did not oppose the incident, but also expressed their support for it, with some supporters celebrating with the petals of flowers sprinkled in the streets on the day the murderers were released.
This scene shocked the "melon-eating masses" in other countries, and many netizens commented that their three views were impacted, which was the most outrageous thing they heard this year.
Who is this notorious murderer? Why was his release supported by his own people?
Why do the "melon-eating masses" in other countries feel outrageous?
Murderer identity
The murderer, named Azem, broke into his sister's room in 2016, brutally murdered her, and claimed in court that it was for "family honor" and that she was too debauched.
It can be seen that after Azem killed his sister, he did not have any remorse, not only that, but also forcibly defended himself in court, saying that he was considering from the perspective of the family.
After this incident, public opinion in Pakistan was divided into two factions: one was predominantly male, condemning Azem's sister's misdeeds, and the other, predominantly female, condemning Azem's murderous act as breaking the law and his sister was not a reason to justify the crime.
Azem
In the face of the pressure of public opinion, Azem still insisted on his own point of view, and he righteously stated in court: "I will not argue, it is true that I killed my sister, my sister's behavior is offensive, has insulted the family name, all I do is for the family, I am willing to pay for everything I do!" ”
According to Azem's words, he obviously put himself on the side of justice, but this is not too ridiculous, Azem is obviously a murderer, how did he become a party of justice?
What is even more incomprehensible is that it is his own sister, how did he bear to kill his own sister? What exactly did his own sister do?
Kandir Baloch
Her life experience made her brother see it as a family disgrace
Azem's sister was named Kandil Baloch.
Candil's native family was not wealthy, she was born into a poor rural family with six brothers and two sisters in addition to her.
The cost and pressure of living for parents to support so many children, coupled with Pakistan's traditional concept of "son preference", has even fewer resources to be allocated to Kandir.
In the eyes of parents, adopting a daughter is for others, rather than staying at home to eat and drink, it is better to marry out early.
Kandir did not know this when she was young, she thought that her parents had the same love for all children, but as she grew older, her thoughts began to mature, and she also understood that it was not easy to be born in Pakistani women.
She watched her sister marry early, even though she didn't love the man.
Kandil's sister told her: "Sister, we were born here, we have to abide by the rules here, sooner or later, you will also get married as early as I did, and you will have to wear a burqa outside the house and teach your husband and children for the rest of your life." ”
Candir is very angry at her sister's "confession", she is reluctant to bow to this society, and she does not understand why women in Pakistan always have to cling to men for a lifetime.
But "the arms are always twisted to the thighs", and although Candil did not want to give in to fate, her family pushed her into the abyss of marriage.
In 2008, when Candil was 17 years old, her parents took charge of a family affair and married her to the son of her mother's cousin.
When Candil learned of this, he fiercely resisted: "I don't like him, I don't marry!" I don't marry! ”
The parents said: "The child's character is still reasonable, the family is so poor, it can no longer afford to raise you, you can also reduce the burden on the family when you marry, children, obedient ..."
In this way, because of her parents' words of "obey", Candil reluctantly married, and thus began her unfortunate life.
Candil likes to make up and dress herself up beautifully, but her husband thinks that this is a manifestation of her wanting to cheat and get involved, and has launched frequent domestic violence against Kandir.
The reason why Kandil's husband has such behavior is nothing more than that he is an extreme maleist, who regards Kandil's behavior as "deviant" and "immoral", and uses this as an excuse to wantonly carry out domestic violence against Kandil.
Because in his view, the wife is just a tool for him to pass on the inheritance, if the wife does not listen to him, she must use violent means to "educate" the wife, so as to stabilize his dominance in the family.
So, although Kandil gave birth to a son for her husband, he still did not give her a good day to look good, not only that, but also used her as a servant to let her do housework day and night.
Candil couldn't stand such a life, and finally she made a decision: divorce!
Divorce after not being able to survive is a normal thing in Chinese society, but it is very rare in Pakistan.
This move of Candir is undoubtedly a provocation to the old system and has aroused strong opposition from his family.
Her family told her: "We all came this way, where there are casual divorces, you all have children, let's get along." ”
For the family's persuasion, Kandir felt incomprehensible at the same time, but also felt some permission to be sad.
During that time, Kandil did a lot of ideological work for himself:
She often thinks that if she compromises this time, she will experience more unfair things later; if she does not divorce this time, after returning to her husband's family, her husband will definitely carry out more cruel domestic violence against her; if no one in this society stands up to resist, there will be thousands of women like her who will be persecuted in the same way!
Thinking about it, Kandir strengthened his belief in divorce.
When her husband learned that she was going to divorce, he stared at her with a livid face and said, "Why do you divorce her?" What reason do you have for divorce? ”
For her husband's questioning, Kandir was not afraid of the stage: "Women's marriage is protected by law, I want to divorce you whenever I want to divorce you, in short, I can't live with you!" ”
The husband wants Kandil to bow his head and compromise with the marriage, but Kandil says that "it is impossible in a lifetime".
Candil wants to fight for custody of the child, but her husband sneers at her, "You can't afford it."
In just a few days, the two went from being husband and wife to enemies.
As Kandil's husband said, Kandil didn't have a stable job and couldn't afford to raise children at all, so when the two divorced, Candil had to give up custody of the children.
Although Kandil is divorced, she has not forgotten her children, she wants to visit the children often, but every time she will be refused to visit the door by her ex-husband, who will not let her visit the children and tell the children that she does not have Kandil as a mother.
And the child has become a major pain point in Candil's heart.
A failed marriage made Candil understand that it was better to rely on anyone than on herself, and she often thought about how good it would be if she became rich, so that she could hire a good lawyer to fight the lawsuit and get the child back.
Candir is tired of her current life, she grew up in a poor family, marrying someone to be bullied, she is eager to change her status quo, but she understands that class is not so easy to cross.
In order to quickly realize her dream of becoming a rich person, Candil set her sights on the TV network, she wants to become an "Internet celebrity" and "star", and is very eager to become famous overnight and get rich overnight.
As a result, while working as a bus conductor in her hometown, she also constantly pays attention to the draft on the Internet and various model part-time jobs.
Heaven is upon her.
In 2013, Candil participated in a TV show that became a hit.
After becoming popular, Candil knows very well that the public's memory is short-lived, and she must seize this opportunity to manage her own image on her social media account and give the public a deeper impression.
Because only if she has always been "topical" and "traffic" can she continue to be popular.
So, Kandir positioned his image as "sexy", began to post sexy photos and videos on social accounts, and posted some exaggerated paragraphs to win traffic.
Candil's marketing was successful, and her fan count changed in stages every day, and she soon became pakistan's top influencer.
And she was even known as Pakistan's "Golden. Kardashian", on major social platforms such as Facebook, has many fans.
With the continuous improvement of popularity, Candir is frequently invited to participate in programs and receive big-name endorsement advertisements, after all, where there is her, there is traffic, and any "gold lord" likes stars who can bring them income.
Whether on social platforms or on shows, Kandir never wears traditional clothing, and he also does what he wants when he expresses his opinions.
She encouraged women to be self-reliant and bravely say "goodbye" to scumbags; she used her unhappy marriage as an example to attack pakistani society for being overly conservative and unfair, and even pointed the finger at the clergy.
You know, Pakistan has a strong religious culture, and there are a large number of "conservative" members in the society, and Kandir's actions are undoubtedly challenging the bottom line of these "conservative" members.
These "conservatives" maliciously attacked Candir online, saying that her private life was unbearable, saying that she was too debauched, saying that she did this, and spoke out in the media in this way, just to win traffic and make money...
In the face of these "conservative" criticisms, Candir has never flinched, she is still active on major social platforms, posting "women's independence" and "women's freedom" remarks.
Kandir wants to change the atmosphere of Pakistani society through his influence on social platforms, and wants to speak up for girls living in Pakistan, but he does not think about the consequences of doing so.
Fast forward to 2016, the year that Candil participated in a talk show.
She openly flirted with cleric Abdul Kawi on the show and later met with Abdul at the hotel.
When Candil posted the photo of the two meeting on the Internet, those traditionally conservative Pakistanis "sprayed" on the Internet, they felt that Kandil was defiled and blasphemed, and the behavior was very serious.
Abdul, a cleric who was one of the parties, was directly suspended, and he poured all the dirty water on Candir in order to restore his position.
It is precisely because of his actions that netizens feel that it is Kandil who is wrong, and it is Kandil who deliberately seduced the curse, not the fault of the clergy.
After this incident, Candil received many death threats, some people sent her blades, and some people wrote threatening letters to her...
The radical actions of these "conservatives" have left Candir living in fear all day long, fearing that she will be attacked and that the local police will not be able to protect her in time.
One day, In an interview with the media, Kandir said: "For me, Pakistan is no longer safe, and I am likely to move overseas with my family." ”
However, Candir still could not wait for the day of emigration, perhaps she never dreamed that her most trusted relatives would betray her and brutally kill her.
On July 15, Candir's brother Azem sneaked into his sister's room while his parents were asleep.
When he walked lightly to his sister's bed, he did not hesitate to take out a cloth towel, cover his sister's mouth and nose with one hand, and squeeze her neck with the other hand.
Candir woke up in suffocation, and when she saw the true face of the perpetrator, her pupils dilated and she looked unbelievable, and the perpetrator in front of her was her own brother.
How much she wanted to ask: Brother, why are you doing this?
But her mouth was covered, she couldn't make a sound at all, and she could only slowly die in the pain of suffocation.
On the night of July 16, Azem was arrested by the local police, and when asked why he killed his sister Kandir, Azem said without fear: "If you want to blame her for being too debauched, her words and deeds have discredited our family, and I can no longer tolerate her existence." ”
Azem had no remorse, and he made no secret of the crime he had committed, as if it were a matter of course.
In fact, the reason why Azem behaves so righteously is to make the judge judge judge himself an "honor murder", because in the law, the crime of "honor murder" is lower than ordinary murder, and the court will favor him because of "honor murder".
But what Azem did not expect was that the incident caused a strong reaction in Pakistani society, and many people took to the streets to protest and ask the government to change the law and be sure to bring Azem to justice.
In the face of great public opinion, Pakistan's parliament passed legislation to impose life imprisonment on those who commit "honour murders."
As a result, Azem was eventually sentenced to life in prison.
However, Azem did not go to jail for long before he came out, and in 2022, Azem was acquitted because his family dropped the charges against him.
postscript
Some of Pakistan's "old ideas" are deeply rooted, and wanting to change overnight is tantamount to wishful thinking, so they can only change little by little, and the cost of change is also very heavy.
The dead Kandil is a good example, but the people do not fear the death of one person, on the contrary, Kandir's death has inspired the independence of Pakistani women.
In the time to come, there will be many brave women like Kandir to set an example and live out themselves!
In fact, after having money and becoming famous, Kandir did not forget to raise her family, in order to make her family live a good life, she rented a large house in the city, so that her family no longer had to squeeze in the small courtyard where they lived when they were young.
Compared with her cruel "demon" brother, Candil's image is undoubtedly set off as an "angel".
Moreover, Candir often supports her brother's life, as long as her brother borrows money from her, she is basically not willing to refuse, which shows that Candir is a person who cherishes family affection very much.
Perhaps, it is precisely because of this that Candil will be defenseless against his family and will die at the hands of his own brother.