Sharing the fondest memories of Junaid Jamshed

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Sharing the fondest memories of Junaid Jamshed


Despite my being a singer for another band, we were very close and there was no jealousy between us, recalls Ali Azmat

Singer-turned-preacher Junaid Jamshed lost his life in a plane crash incident on December 7, 2016.

Many of his friends and admirers from the music and showbiz industry are in shock.

Over the phone, rocker Ali Azmat and pop singer Jawad Ahmed shared their memories of Junaid Jamshed.

"Despite my being a singer for another band, we were very close and there was no jealousy between us," recalls Ali Azmat. "He was like an elder to us all and an example for our whole family."

Jawad Ahmed remembered him for his great generosity, "In our USA tour, which was his last tour and my first tour, he treated me with a very welcoming attitude. When we were planning the line-up, he said, "Yaarpartner, you're the it guy, you enter last!" This is a big thing because the artiste who enters last is usually the biggest."

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Junaid Jamshed

After having unprecedented success, without any marketing or promotion, Jamshed and Vital Signs went their separate ways in 1998, as the former chose a solo musical career. The band had spearheaded the underappreciated and relatively unknown rock scene to a national level during their peak.

His solo road wasn't as smooth as he thought it to be; sometime after 2000, he vanished from the public platform, while rumours arose of him facing financial pitfalls.

Finally, mid-last decade, Jamshed declared bankruptcy, abandoned music after learning its position in religion, and announced his decision to become a devout Muslim. Alongside, he launched a clothing line under the name J. in order to maintain an income source.

Mansoor, his long-time friend, expressed his disappointment in an interview when he read about Jamshed seeing music in a negative light and consequently confusing his fans. Nonetheless, some close friends remember him not being able to resist his passion for singing in private meet-ups.

Jamshed, who had two major sides in his life, was remembered admirably for both. In the latter half of his 52-year-long life, he promoted religion and went to talk on various platforms on how to achieve personal and spiritual growth. The website, the Muslim 500, labeled him as one of the most powerful Muslims around the world.

Jamshed was assaulted at Islamabad airport in 2016 for alleged blasphemy, and had to issue an apology over social media.

He was on a visit to Chitral to advance “the Path of Allah,” his last tweet before his untimely death revealed.

 

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Remembering JJ: 10 inspirational quotes about love, loss and life

Published: December 7, 2018

Junaid Jamshed and his family were among the casualties of Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight PH-661, which crashed on its way back from Chitral to Islamabad on December 7, 2016.

Even now, two years later, it’s hard to believe someone many of us grew up watching is no longer amongst us. The musician-turned-evangelist was and will always remain one of the most prolific artists to have come out of Pakistan in recent time.

JJ left behind a legacy of not just great music but also a world of advice for us to benefit from for years to come. To mark his second death anniversary, we bring you 10 of JJ’s most thoughtful quotes about the love, life and how we can achieve success in both.

1. “One of the greatest purification of the self is to part with your money and give it to people who deserve it.”

2. “I have never seen a generous man go bankrupt.”

3. “The beginning is always the hardest part. If you try, you risk failure. But if you quit, you ensure it.”

Junaid found his direction and that led him to discover the peace in himself we all aspire for to be complete within.


4. “People don’t want to change because they focus on what they will lose rather than what they will gain.”

5. “The way to the top with people is not through intelligence but extravagant sacrificial service.”

6. “Sometimes, you don’t realise your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness.”

7. “People are beautiful. Not in what they look or in what they say but in what they are.”

8. “There are two cardinal sins from which all the other sins spring: impatience and laziness.”

9. “It’s always better to win a person and lose the argument than winning the argument and losing the person.”

10. “If you want to be loved by everyone, never offer your opinion unless it is asked for.”

 

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2nd Death anniversary of Junaid Jamshed
JJ with class fellows, school picnic at Sohail Merchant farm in Malir Karachi.