Unknown men at the Benazir Bhutto International Airport assaulted singer-turned-evangelist Junaid Jamshed, it emerged late Saturday night. A disturbing video of the attack made the rounds on social media.
According to airport police, Junaid Jamshaid has filed an application to lodge an FIR against the unidentified men. Jamshed said he was attacked by a group of seven to eight people whom he could identify.
Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has condemned the incident.
A handful of people chanted slogans against the preacher, claiming he had committed blasphemy, and lunged at him. They struck several blows and then momentarily released Jamshed, only to attack him again.
“We have been looking for you,” one male voice is heard saying in the footage.
“Hit him, him him,” they shouted.
Visibly shaken, Jamshed maintained silence for the most part and offered the crowd to “talk” as the men confronted him. Jamshed then retreated into the airport’s arrival lounge.
Many took to social media to condemn the attack on Jamshed.
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Junaid Jamshed took to twitter to condemn the brutal attack on himself by a bunch of religious fanatics on Islamabad airport and wished that he was not traveling alone.
I wish I wasn't travelling alone. A little distressed with what happened. Musalman the is liye bad'dua bhi na kr saka inke liye
— Junaid Jamshed (@JunaidJamshedPK) March 26, 2016
Junaid moaned that these guys have failed to unite Muslim Ummah and hoped their coming generation would not be as ignorant as their ancestor are at present.
Ye kamnaseeb agar ummat ko na jore sake to ummeed rakhta hun inki aane wali naslain hidayat yafta hongi Inshallah
— Junaid Jamshed (@JunaidJamshedPK) March 26, 2016
