Overview

• A father shot his 16-year-old daughter on July 8 in Rawalpindi after she refused to delete her TikTok account and was taken into custody.
• Police uncovered the family’s attempt to present the death as a suicide before reclassifying it as an honor killing.
• The incident follows the June 2 slaying of influencer Sana Yousaf and an earlier confessed killing in Balochistan, underscoring a trend of violence against female TikTok users.
• TikTok offers rare visibility and income for Pakistani women even as only 30% own smartphones compared with 58% of men, the world’s largest gender gap.
• Authorities have threatened repeated bans on TikTok over “immoral” content while activists call for stronger protections of women’s digital rights.