Cleric Mufti Abdul Qavi was suspended from a religious body
AB Wire
Pakistani religious leader Mufti Abdul Qavi was suspended from the Central Ruet-e-Hilal Committee (moon sighting committee) on Wednesday after social media sensation Qandeel Baloch posted her selfies with him online.
Baloch’s images posing with Qavi had sparked a controversy after the photos gone viral on social media. In a photo, Baloch is seen posing with Qavi with his hat on her head. On another photo, Qandeel is sitting next to Baloch on a sofa.
According to a report in Tribune, both of them met on a TV show where Qavi promised Baloch to sight the new moon with her.
“She said ‘You will have to come to my place’ but I demanded I will come to meet her only on the condition that she will fast the whole month of Ramazan,” Qavi told Tribune.
Baloch arranged a meeting with Qavi at a hotel. Though he waited in the lobby, she didn’t come on time. Then he returned to his room where Baloch reached soon.
“I was sitting on another sofa, she came and sat beside me. She took my hat herself. I didn’t give it to her. She didn’t have a dupatta so she wanted to wear that hat… It is true that I sent her an invitation to meet but it was her decision to meet me in the room,” Qavi was quoted as saying by Tribune.
In response to Qavi’s statement, Baloch said that it was Qavi who invited her to the hotel. She also claimed that he proposed to her at the meeting.
“He asked me if I am fasting or not, I clearly told him I’m not. He then asked me what I want to eat. I told him I need a cigarette so he gave me one. Then he shared everything I was having, the cigarette, my coke, and tea. He said this will increase our love. What kind of love is he trying to increase?” she said.
This is not the first incident where Qavi having an argument with a celebrity. Earlier, he had a verbal fight with Pakistani actress Veena Malik on a television show.
Baloch is known for her videos discussing her daily routine and various controversial issues. In March this year she had landed in a controversy when she promised to strip for the nation if Pakistan cricket team beat India in T-20 world cup match.