Renowned Pakistani Scholar, Junaid Jamshed, Laid to Rest in Karachi

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Pakistan’s well-known religious scholar, Junaid Jamshed, was laid to rest at Darul Uloom graveyard in Korangi Industrial Area, Karachi, on Thursday amid more than thousands of people who gathered to give him a final tribute. The funeral prayers were held at AKD Ground DHA in congregation of a huge number of people, fans and followers of the man who made Pakistan proud through both his singing career but mostly due to his conduct as a Muslim-evangelist.

There was a significant presence of law enforcement officials, including police and Rangers, who were present in heavy numbers in the surrounding areas for security reasons. Renowned Muslim cleric and Junaid Jamshed’s mentor, Maulana Tariq Jamil, led the funeral prayers while prominent dignitaries, politicians, civil society members and famous names from the worlds of entertainment and cricket attended the funeral procession. During the touching sermon before the funeral prayers, Maulana Tariq Jamil highlighted that “even kings never saw such a funeral when they died.”

Junaid Jamshed was one of the 47 people who died aboard PK-661 flight of the Pakistan International Airlines (PIA), which crashed on December 7 into a hillside north of the capital Islamabad. Junaid Jamshed’s body was identified earlier this week on December 12 after a cumbersome process that took five long and painful days. Since all the bodies of the crash victims were unrecognizable, Junaid Jamshed’s body had to be identified with the help of facial X-ray and his dental history.

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