<p>Islamabad: A teenage social media influencer, who had more than a million followers across TikTok and Instagram, was shot dead at her residence in Islamabad, officials said on Tuesday, in a third such incident in Pakistan in the last five months.</p>.<p>Sana Yousaf, 17, was mercilessly shot dead on Monday at her house in Islamabad’s Sector G-13/1, falling under the jurisdiction of the Sumbal police station, police said.</p>.<p>She has over 740,000 followers on TikTok and close to 500,000 on Instagram.</p>.Kremlin says Putin was updated about Ukrainian strikes on air bases in real time, probe is under way.<p>Islamabad police arrested an accused, identified as Umar Hayat, also known by his nickname “Kaka”, in Faisalabad, <em>Geo TV</em> reported on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Hayat, also a TikToker, has confessed to the murder, the channel said.</p>.<p>The accused, who had come to meet Sana at her residence, is said to have fired two shots, resulting in her death.</p>.<p>Sana lived with her father, a government officer, her mother, a housewife, and her 15-year-old brother, who is currently visiting their hometown of Chitral in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.</p>.<p>Only Sana's aunt was with her in the house at the time of the crime.</p>.<p>The girl had a conversation with the suspect before he brutally shot her twice, her aunt told police.</p>.<p>Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi praised Islamabad police for swift action to nab the killer in a social media post.</p>.<p>“Well Done Islamabad Police. Sana Yousaf murder case traced, accused arrested and weapon recovered within 20 hours,” he said in a statement on X.</p>.<p>The minister added that the police have recovered a pistol and iPhone of the deceased from the accused, who has confessed to the murder.</p>.<p>Sana's mother has filed a case against the suspect under Section 302 of the PPC.</p>.<p>This isn't the first time a female social media influencer has been killed in Pakistan. There has been a constant rise in such incidents in recent months.</p>.<p>A female TikToker in Punjab's Khushab area was killed by her cousin recently. Similarly, in February, another female TikToker was found dead at her home in Peshawar. </p>
<p>Islamabad: A teenage social media influencer, who had more than a million followers across TikTok and Instagram, was shot dead at her residence in Islamabad, officials said on Tuesday, in a third such incident in Pakistan in the last five months.</p>.<p>Sana Yousaf, 17, was mercilessly shot dead on Monday at her house in Islamabad’s Sector G-13/1, falling under the jurisdiction of the Sumbal police station, police said.</p>.<p>She has over 740,000 followers on TikTok and close to 500,000 on Instagram.</p>.Kremlin says Putin was updated about Ukrainian strikes on air bases in real time, probe is under way.<p>Islamabad police arrested an accused, identified as Umar Hayat, also known by his nickname “Kaka”, in Faisalabad, <em>Geo TV</em> reported on Tuesday.</p>.<p>Hayat, also a TikToker, has confessed to the murder, the channel said.</p>.<p>The accused, who had come to meet Sana at her residence, is said to have fired two shots, resulting in her death.</p>.<p>Sana lived with her father, a government officer, her mother, a housewife, and her 15-year-old brother, who is currently visiting their hometown of Chitral in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.</p>.<p>Only Sana's aunt was with her in the house at the time of the crime.</p>.<p>The girl had a conversation with the suspect before he brutally shot her twice, her aunt told police.</p>.<p>Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi praised Islamabad police for swift action to nab the killer in a social media post.</p>.<p>“Well Done Islamabad Police. Sana Yousaf murder case traced, accused arrested and weapon recovered within 20 hours,” he said in a statement on X.</p>.<p>The minister added that the police have recovered a pistol and iPhone of the deceased from the accused, who has confessed to the murder.</p>.<p>Sana's mother has filed a case against the suspect under Section 302 of the PPC.</p>.<p>This isn't the first time a female social media influencer has been killed in Pakistan. There has been a constant rise in such incidents in recent months.</p>.<p>A female TikToker in Punjab's Khushab area was killed by her cousin recently. Similarly, in February, another female TikToker was found dead at her home in Peshawar. </p>