A 'conditional' visit
Mufti Qavi clarifies that the texts Qandeel is referring to
are standard messages he sends all his friends whenever he flies into town. "She called me two days before
Ramazan and said that her followers were asking if I
would visit her. I said to her, 'Yes, tell them that I will
come, but only on the condition that you will fast for the
whole month'," says Mufti Qavi. "I have a habit that whenever I am traveling to another city, I text all my friends
that I’ll be coming to the city at this time through this
flight. When I went to Karachi for Geo TV, I messaged all
my friends in Karachi along with her. I have neither sent
any other text to invite her or to set up a meeting, nor did
I call her. She won’t have proof of any other message."
"After this text, she called me the next day, saying that
she wanted to meet me. Then, she came to meet me. I
had told her that I will be at Geo TV for iftar transmission,
so if you come, then come between 1pm and 4pm."
Alone time
When their meeting did take place, Qandeel maintains
that she was alone with him for the most part. "We were
alone in the room," says Qandeel. "I went there only with
my driver. He had called a couple of people to make a
video of him for social media. They were two men —
one had a camera. First, they were in the lobby, then
they came to the room. Then he got rid of them in five
minutes. Lots of people knocked but he would get rid of
them at the door." Mufti Qavi, however, says they were
alone for only a few minutes. "There was a family from
Multan, an official from interior Sindh who is our seniors’
mureed [devotee], a team with a camera, six or seven
other people and Qandeel. I listened to each of them,
she was also there and listening to them. I also listened
to her. All people left one by one after which Qandeel
said two or three things which I mentioned." "When I
went to do my wuzu [ablutions], Qandeel wore my hat.
When I expressed my surprise, she said that she wore
my hat for barkat [blessings] because she did not have
a dupatta." "What she did in the minute or two after that,
all the pictures that she took are in front of you."
'I party a lot so...'
Qandeel talked about their meeting in more expansive terms. "I thought there would be some betterment
in [meeting him] for me. I party a lot, I thought it would
be beneficial to me if I spent some time around someone who is religious," says Qandeel. "He called me, I
didn’t know what he was like. But when I met him, I saw
how he was like. He was different in front of others than
he was with me. He would put on an act around other
people." "You may have heard of his fatwa, he said that
contract nikkahs are jaez [allowed] and he has only one
malka but has done nikkah 17 times. He said he had
heard I was not very well off, and then said he earns
money and has a lot of land in Multan and even gave me
a business card with his various titles on it. I still have
this business card."
A kiss and a hug
REPORT
Qandeel claims that the Mufti tried to get intimate with
her during their meeting. "[He tried to] kiss me and hug
me. You know in showbiz, girls are sometimes bold so
we are okay with it. I was laughing and telling him not to
do it. He stopped then and said 'I know you can’t phasaofy [trap] a girl in the first meeting. As our relationship
develops, we will become more open with each other'."
"He couldn’t control his emotions. He was very emotional
and made many attempts to hug and kiss me. The sofa
I was sitting on, he sat on it and tried to make out with
me. Then he would stop when I asked him to stop. Then
he’d try again. Then he started talking about romance.
He told me he knows how to seduce a woman and said
'You have to do this, start from the ear and then...' Main
ne bola wah Mufti sahib ko tau romance karna bhi ata
hai [Wow, Mufti sahib knows how to romance]."
'Complete rubbish'
Mufti Qavi says all