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Before fleeing the home, Hayat threatened the victim’s aunt and took Ms Yousaf’s phone with him.
Police believe he had done so to “destroy evidence”.
According to the media reports, Ms Yousaf succumbed to her injuries before she could reach the hospital.
After news of her murder broke, authorities launched a manhunt. They used footage from 113 CCTV cameras and raided multiple locations across Islamabad in search of the killer.
On 3 June, police announced they had found and arrested the suspect within 20 hours of the murder.
They were able to recover both the murder weapon and the victim’s stolen phone.
Yousaf’s murder has captured public interest — with her TikTok account, which has 1.4 million followers at the time of writing, gaining thousands of followers after her death.
Her final upload is a montage of her and her friends on her birthday.
While many have offered their condolences, some netizens — mostly male — also took the opportunity to criticize the girl for her influencer content.
“They’re asking why she was putting up all this content, and even suggesting the family should take down her Instagram and TikTok accounts because they add to her ‘sins’,” said a digital rights activist.
Meanwhile, others say it is a sign of positive change that authorities are now publicly condemning incidents like these.