Singer turned Islamic preacher – Junaid Jamshed is being remembered on his 4th death anniversary on December 7th (today).
Junaid Jamshed – is being remembered on his 4th death anniversary after he died four years ago in a plane crash incident on December 7th 2016.
Jamshed was in Chitral, along with his wife, Nayha Junaid, for a Tablighi Jamaat mission. On 7 December 2016, the two were returning to Islamabad aboard PIA Flight 661, which crashed near Havelian, Khyber Paktunkhwa, killing all on board.
Jamshed was en route to deliver the Friday sermon at the Parliament mosque. He is survived by his first wife, Ayesha, three sons, and a daughter.
His funeral prayer was offered on December 15th in Moin Khan Academy, Karachi where Tariq Jamil led and Junaid’s fans attend the prayer.
In 2018, Jamshed was posthumously nominated for the nation’s third highest civilian honour, the Sitara-i-Imtiaz
Netizens took to social media to remember and pay tribute to the Dil Dil Pakistan singer who overwhelming ruled the hearts of Pakistanis, first via his music career and later with his inspiring religious inclination.