KARACHI: Thousands of people offered the funeral prayers of pop-singer-turned-preacher Junaid Jamshed at AKD Ground in the citys DHA phase 8 area, next to Moin Khan Academy on Thursday.
Heavy contingent of police and Rangers have been deployed around the area for security purposes. Junaid Jamsheds mentor, Maulana Tariq Jameel addressed the crowd, and spoke at length about how unexpected life is.
Though arrangements were made for 100,000 people the venue was jam-packed and spilled over to adjoining spaces around the venue.
Prominent figures, dignitaries, politicians, civil society members and names from the entertainment world attended the funeral prayers.
The singer-turned-preacher has been laid to rest at Darul-Uloom, Korangi area. His body was wrapped in the national flag.
His body was brought to Karachi on Wednesday evening from Islamabad through C-130 plane after funeral prayers were offered at Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Nur Khan Base, Rawalpindi. It was also attended by Chief of Air Staff, Air Chief Marshal Sohail Aman, senior civil and military officials, and people from all walks of life. The family members of late Junaid Jamshed were also present on the occasion.
Junaid Jamsheds brother Humayun Jamshed thanked people of Pakistan and the countrys armed forces for honouring the late singer-turned-preacher by shrouding his body in countrys flag. He was of the view that whole Pakistan stood with him and his family in their hour of grief.
Jamshed was among the passengers travelling from Chitral to Islamabad in a PIA ATR plane when the ill-fated flight PK-661 crashed near Abbottabad, killing all 48 people on board on December 7. His body was identified by forensic experts through dental history and face x-ray on Monday.
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