{"id":1905,"date":"2025-06-03T08:31:26","date_gmt":"2025-06-03T04:01:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/?p=1905"},"modified":"2025-06-03T08:31:26","modified_gmt":"2025-06-03T04:01:26","slug":"murder-of-17-year-old-pakistani-tiktoker-in-islamabad-cousin-identified-as-shooter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/murder-of-17-year-old-pakistani-tiktoker-in-islamabad-cousin-identified-as-shooter\/","title":{"rendered":"Murder of 17-Year-Old Pakistani TikToker in Islamabad; Cousin Identified as Shooter"},"content":{"rendered":"

Weezharoz<\/strong>-The incident has sparked widespread outrage across Pakistani social media and reignited concerns about violence against women and girls.<\/p>\n

Background: Rising Violence Against Female TikTokers in Pakistan<\/p>\n

In recent years, several incidents of violence targeting women active on social media have been reported in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

In January 2025, 15-year-old Hira Anwar, born in the U.S., was killed by her father in Quetta for posting TikTok videos he disapproved of. Police categorized it as an honor killing.<\/p>\n

In another case from February 2021, four TikTokers, including a woman, were shot dead by unidentified gunmen in Karachi.<\/p>\n

Police stated that all victims were active on social media, suggesting a possible personal motive.<\/p>\n

These events have amplified concerns about the safety of women in digital spaces and the cultural backlash they face in conservative segments of Pakistani society.<\/p>\n

Human rights activists and social media users have called for stronger protections for women online and stricter laws against gender-based violence.<\/p>\n

As investigations into Sana Yousuf\u2019s murder continue, the case highlights deeper cultural, social, and legal challenges surrounding women\u2019s presence and freedom of expression on social media in Pakistan.<\/p>\n

Weezharoz<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Weezharoz-The incident has sparked widespread outrage across Pakistani social media and reignited concerns about violence against women and girls. Background: Rising Violence Against Female TikTokers in Pakistan In recent years, several incidents of violence targeting women active on social media have been reported in Pakistan. In January 2025, 15-year-old Hira Anwar, born in the U.S., …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1906,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1905","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1905"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1907,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1905\/revisions\/1907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1906"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1905"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1905"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/weezharoz.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1905"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}