US EditionPakistani father kills daughter over TikTok account: Police
RAWALPINDI, PAKISTAN, JUL 11 – The father shot his daughter after she refused to delete her TikTok account, highlighting ongoing honor-based violence against women in Pakistan where hundreds are killed annually, police said.
- On July 8, 2025, a father in Rawalpindi fatally shot his 16-year-old daughter after she declined to remove her profile from TikTok.
- The father claimed his daughter's TikTok videos compromised the family's honour, reflecting a pattern of social-media-related violence against women in Pakistan.
- Authorities arrested the father after uncovering evidence that the family first attempted to present the killing as a suicide.
- The Pakistan Telecommunication Authority has repeatedly threatened to ban TikTok over 'immoral behaviour' and concerns about LGBTQ and sexual content.
- This case highlights Pakistan's digital gender gap, where only 30% of women own smartphones compared to 58% of men, limiting women's online opportunities and increasing vulnerability.
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In her latest TikTok video, Mehak Shehzadi is seen wearing a cheerful orange kurta, as the blouse is called in Pakistan. Sixteen-year-old Mehak has thousands of followers on the platform. Scrolling through her videos reveals the joy with which she shared her life. But her online presence was a thorn in her father's side. When she refused to delete her TikTok account last week, he shot her dead. This isn't the first time a young woman active as a…
He was arrested shortly after the act.
In Pakistan, a man shot his teenage daughter (16) because she didn't want to delete her account on the TikTok video platform. At first, the family tried to portray the murder as suicide, the police in the town of Rawalpindi reported – but in vain. "The girl's father had asked to delete his TikTok account. When she refused, he killed her, said a police spokesman on Friday. Investigators assume that the father wanted to commit a "honorous murder" …
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