IT has been over a week since social media influencer Sana Yousaf was murdered in cold blood at her home. The details of the TikToker’s life and death have been broadcast all over the world. Her alleged attacker has been arrested.

Pakistani social and news media has been discussing the case at length. Yousaf was killed a few days after her 17th birthday. Obsessed with her, the suspected murderer, Umar Hayat, a wannabe social media influencer, had harassed Yousaf for some time. When she rebuffed him on the occasion of her birthday, he became angry and, ultimately, homicidal.

Everyone has seen the CCTV footage of the gun-toting Hayat walking down the street in front of Yousaf’s house. Forcing his way inside the Yousaf home, he managed to get to Sana Yousaf. He shot her twice. She began bleeding uncontrollably. By the time she was taken to hospital, it was too late.

Hayat, in the meantime, fled to Faisalabad, where he was nabbed. He is said to have confessed to his crime.

Stalking is the ultimate act of entitlement. It expresses in the bluntest and most flagrant way the idea that a person is entitled to the attention........

© Dawn