"Six others accused of involvement have been acquitted, the lawyer said. "Baloch rose to fame for her provocative Facebook posts that saw her praised by some for breaking social taboos but condemned by conservatives.Wasim went on the run and was arrested late Saturday in neighbouring Muzaffargarh district. On Friday, a court in Multan in Pakistan sentenced the brother of slain Pakistani social media sensation Qandeel Baloch to life imprisonment for committing her murder, three years after he confessed to the crime.The infamous 2016 honour killing had caused an uproar in Pakistan, which had in its wake adopted harsher punishments for such killings. 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"Whatever was the case, it [his sister's behaviour] was completely intolerable. Pakistani police officers present Waseem Azeem, the brother of slain model Qandeel Baloch in Multan, Pakistan, in 2016. He was arrested in Dera Ghazi Khan, Pakistan, on Saturday night. "It takes too long, people forget," said Farzana Bari, a women's rights advocate and founder of Pakistan's first gender studies department at a university, adding that even the high-profile Baloch case had taken over three years to be resolved.Though rights groups say reliable data is hard to establish, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan found at least 300 cases of "honor killing" in 2018.Many advocates say the actual number is far higher, with the Honour Based Violence Awareness Network estimating that Pakistan accounts for about a fifth of the 5,000 honor killings globally each year.Baloch had posted risque Facebook posts in which she spoke of trying to change "the typical orthodox mindset" of people in Pakistan.Get breaking news alerts and special reports. "Her murder ... must serve as an impetus for legislators to renew demands for legislation to protect women who are threatened under false notions of 'honour'." During a press conference with police, he stated, “She brought dishonor to the Baloch name,” citing a recent incident when Qandeel had posed for selfies with Muslim cleric Mufti Qavi. "The death of Qandeel Baloch conveys an insidious message: that women will be kept back at all cost; murdered, if they dare nurture ambitions to break the glass ceiling," the English daily Dawn newspaper wrote in an editorial on Sunday. Pakistani police question cleric, cousin of murdered model . Asim Tanveer / AP file. The brother of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch has been jailed for life, three years after she was found dead. LAHORE — A Pakistan court on Friday convicted the brother of A court in the eastern city of Multan found Muhammad Waseem guilty of the murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment, his lawyer said. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Let our news meet your inbox.