" I have no regrets for killing my sister" - brother of the killed Pakistani Baloch

The brother of Pakistani social media star Qandeel Baloch has been arrested for her murder, confessing he strangled her for "honour", police have said.

Muhammad Wasim was arrested in Dera Ghazi Khan in central Pakistan late on Saturday. "I have no regrets," he told journalists in a press conference arranged by the police early on Sunday.  

He said he gave a "tablet" to Baloch to subdue her and then strangled her in their family home over the weekend. "Wasim confessed to his crime, saying he killed his sister for honour after her recent objectionable videos, mostly posted on Facebook," said Azhar Ikram, the police chief in Multan, where Baloch was killed.

Baloch, believed to be in her twenties and whose real name was Fauzia Azeem, rose to fame for her provocative Facebook posts that saw her praised by some for breaking social taboos but condemned by conservatives.

She faced frequent misogynist abuse and death threats but continued to post.Earlier this year, Baloch offered to strip if the Pakistani cricket team beat India.She also posed for selfies with a high-profile Muslim cleric in an incident that saw him swiftly rebuked by the country's religious affairs ministry.

Prior to her death Baloch spoke of worries about her safety and had appealed to the interior ministry to provide her with security for protection. No help was provided and the interior ministry has not commented on her death.  

She was killed on Friday night at her family's home near Multan. The killing sent shockwaves across Muslim Pakistan and triggered an outpouring of grief on social media for Baloch.

More than 500 people, mostly women, die in Pakistan each year in such killings, usually carried out by members of the victim's family meting out punishment for bringing "shame" on the community.