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RAWALPINDI: Those who had attacked singer-turned-evangelist Junaid Jamshed at Benazir Bhutto International Airport on Saturday have been identified. The police have sought the verification of their data from the National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) in order to arrest them.
The three men pointed out by Mr Jamshed have been identified as Shah Faisal, Irfan and Akhtar and the police have determined their home addresses, Sub-Inspector Raja Arshad, who is leading the investigations, told Dawn.
“We have the home addresses of the suspects and a police team will be sent to bring them to Rawalpindi to face charges,” the investigating officer said.
Though the police had copies of the suspect’s tickets, they requested PIA for a list of passengers on the plane in order to determine their addresses. The police have asked Nadra to verify the data on the suspects and have obtained CCTV footage from the airport to help them secure their arrests.
The three suspects belong to Karachi and had travelled to Rawalpindi to participate in Mumtaz Qadri’s chehlum, the sub-inspector said.
He added that the attackers had not realised that they were travelling on the same plane as Mr Jamshed and attacked him at the airport.
When Mr Jamshed had exited the arrival lounge, a group of people started shouting at him and accused him of being blasphemous.
Mr Jamshed was hit and pushed by the group and he had to run back into the passenger lounge.
The former singer was then taken into the deputy terminal manager’s office till the police arrived and was escorted home by the police.
Published in Dawn, April 1st, 2016
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Apr 01, 2016 09:44am
The ill-mannered followers of a Mannered Prophet SAW. Dilemma of Muslim World.
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Apr 01, 2016 09:47am
Good. No one is above the law & no one has right to take law into his/her own hands.
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Apr 01, 2016 09:48am
Hope they are given appropriate punishment.
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Apr 01, 2016 10:07am
They must be brought to justice, as nobody has any right to pass verdict of his own version.It's the state which acts upon and behalf of the masses.Such extreme demonstration of one's innerself based on one's own interpreted ideological lines must be confined and frustrated.
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Apr 01, 2016 10:10am
Not a huge fan of JJ but nobody deserves to be treated like this. I hope the people involved face the full force of law and this case becomes a deterrent for all wannebe extremists.
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Apr 01, 2016 10:13am
I Know, No Action will be taken.
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Apr 01, 2016 10:15am
This will continue as long as people who are not formally qualified in religion and don't posses a right knowledge and ability to touch on religious affairs, dare open lips on sensitive matters.
Quacks are founds every field and walk of life but the the media laws should need a reform or need a better implementation in preventing an impact on the masses.
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Apr 01, 2016 10:16am
They should be arrested and given exemplary punishments. They are nothing but petty hooligan.
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Apr 01, 2016 10:16am
Good progress by police!
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Apr 01, 2016 10:17am
Good. don't let them get away. People need to learn there's consequences if you try to harm your fellow citizens. They need to learn that difference of opinion is normal
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Apr 01, 2016 10:17am
Let the rule of law prevail in this country
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Apr 01, 2016 10:20am
Arrest the Jamshed's attackers and give them exemplary punishment. Justice delayed is justice denied.
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Apr 01, 2016 10:27am
They should be arrested and charged with terrorism offence so in future no one takes law into their hands
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Apr 01, 2016 10:34am
Strict punishment for the law abusers! They have made the religion of piece, a joke!
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Apr 01, 2016 10:35am
Junaid attackers are a junior form of Qadri who velieve they can take law in their own hands. These attackers need to be severly punished...
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Apr 01, 2016 10:36am
Well done!! They should be given exemplary punishment so no body dares to do it again. Our Prophet (saw) had forgiven the lady who threw garbage at him and these stupid ppl have become so unforgiving and cruel..they are only bringing bad reputation to our peaceful religion...these ppl and this mind set needs to be eradicated completely.
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Apr 01, 2016 10:53am
Good. Now bring it to a right conclusion. I would assume a minimum 2 years jail.
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Apr 01, 2016 10:55am
I think they should publicly apologize from Junaid or face the charges in court...........They should have been brave enough to come up face the charges themselves instead of hiding.....God Bless Junaid....
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Apr 01, 2016 11:00am
They should be punished severely. Nobody gives them any right to take law in their hands. Security should have arrested them.
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Apr 01, 2016 11:14am
I wouldn't be surprised if it were these very same supporters groups that were behind the Lahore carnage.
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Apr 01, 2016 12:03pm
Please don't brush it under the rug. Two years hard labour for all of them. No exceptions.
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Apr 01, 2016 12:21pm
They must be punished in order to make them sure what have they done. He has already done touba and asked forgiveness for his mistake
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Apr 01, 2016 12:28pm
as far as as i know they were identified the same day so why they are not behind the bars yet.
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Apr 01, 2016 12:30pm
well done..in the name of justice these attackers should be punished..and their punishment must be made public..
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Apr 01, 2016 12:51pm
I was surprised why attack on him was given too much attention in social media. Lahore attack was least discussed topic on that day after India vs Australia and junaid jamshed attack.
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Apr 01, 2016 12:52pm
Please set an example and send a strong message to all lawless hoodlums
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Apr 01, 2016 01:15pm
@Aqdas even 3 months will be nightmare for them in the jail. It was all part of some plan to create issues so media hype is created. Now they are comparing it with Imran Khan's daharna to get away from their crimes.
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Apr 01, 2016 01:43pm
Its a group of couple of thousand insane people causing unrest in the country. They should be put behind bars.
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Apr 01, 2016 02:28pm
If the govt does not take any action against the attackers then it will be a message to all of the people with this attitude that they can declare anybody with blasphemy and then try to attack or even kill that person. This is real disgusting.
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Apr 01, 2016 02:32pm
I think they should apologize and pledge to be a good human in future. And JJ should forgive and be a friend of them.
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Apr 01, 2016 02:47pm
@ah
Police will do nothing, as usual, take money and let them go;
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Apr 01, 2016 02:55pm
I think they should man up and hamd themselves to the authorities. They were ready to kill JJ. Why are they hiding now if they were so adamant in their cause.
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Apr 01, 2016 03:03pm
Good work Police ... if each and every Pakistani will have computerised ID a lots of crime will come under control...
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Apr 01, 2016 03:39pm
Is there anybody aware on the progress of FIR against JJ. Our problem is short memory. We look at recent event & forget about root cause. After incident of he using misappropriate words, he confessed in video himself. Why he is still allowed to participate in Islamic programs & speeches.
Fire fighting is never a permanent cure. We need to fix the root cause else we will keep seeing this happening in the years to come.
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Apr 01, 2016 03:43pm
Grill these clowns, send em behind bars for at least a couple of years!!
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Apr 01, 2016 03:51pm
Sympaties with Mr.JJ from India.
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Apr 01, 2016 03:51pm
In a country where every law-maker breaks the law every day, more than 50% are occupying parliamentary seats on fake degrees....so how can they apply the law on others, its just another temporary drama and things will be back to normal in the Pakistan
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Apr 01, 2016 03:52pm
This "Mob Mentality"need to be put in to rest for ever. They should be given exemplary punishments so next time if some one take law in their hands, should think twice before indulge in to this kind of act.
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Apr 01, 2016 04:10pm
@msahman
Great suggestion! this will block the way for such silly and criminal activity in the future...
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Apr 01, 2016 04:21pm
Give them hard punishment which will be lesson for others. InshaAllah they will learn how to live in a society. Pakistan Zindabad
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Apr 01, 2016 04:25pm
How come ordinary Pakistanis never get this sort of Swift Justice. Another example of VVIP culture
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Apr 01, 2016 04:38pm
bring them behind bars!
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Apr 01, 2016 04:40pm
@sad The Actual root cause of the issue is the sectarian mentality.There is no room for this is our country, this is the question of our very survival.Govt should immediately take notice of all those who make hate speeches be it anybody & of any sect.
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Apr 01, 2016 05:11pm
There were at least 3 to 4 people in the video who has the intension to kill JJ. They should be persecuted under that crime especially the one who gave his cell phone to another person before attacking JJ.
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Apr 01, 2016 05:14pm
what about the christians being targeted in our country?
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Apr 01, 2016 05:19pm
Excited to see that the law is taking it's course. The seriousness of the state in punishing the violators seems vivid! We are really tired of the imposition of self interpretations!
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Apr 01, 2016 05:25pm
Interesting how this incident happened at the time of siege of Islamabad and Lahore carnage. If they're not charged with terrorism, it'll be justice denied.
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Apr 01, 2016 05:32pm
This information of attackers was on social media an hour later when this happened and it took our police a week to find out.
Sad state of affairs.
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Apr 01, 2016 05:34pm
Why police released their name and that they know where they live before arresting them? Now when they go there to arrest the cleric street power will be waiting for them. Arrest them and punish them to the fullest extent of the law.
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Apr 01, 2016 05:39pm
The culprits should be charged and justice should be done. If no action is taken then any body can do any thing.
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Apr 01, 2016 05:46pm
It hard to punished religious person ,if it is any political person or rich person he or she already punished. Qadri a murderer is a hero in this country. Sad story of Pakistan
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Apr 01, 2016 05:47pm
This time Junaid Jamshed is a victim. His attackers must be punished.
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Apr 01, 2016 05:56pm
They should be punished. However this shows that Islamabad demo was planned well in advance and it seems that our law enforcing agencies were not aware of this planning. Ch. Nisar should look into this and try to find out steps that could be taken in future to prevent such unfortunate demos to happen.
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Apr 01, 2016 05:57pm
@Zack Khan what about muslims and Christians being targeted in India.
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Apr 01, 2016 05:57pm
These are hooligans, these are the type of peoples responsible of defaming Islam. They should be arrested & punished as per the law.
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Apr 01, 2016 06:02pm
I wonder if the authorities are still looking for facilitators? I thinks even the blinds could see them.
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Apr 01, 2016 07:00pm
This seems to be a weak police work and its like telling the suspects to take precautionary measures.
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Apr 01, 2016 07:09pm
Put them in jail for few months at least!!
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Apr 01, 2016 07:10pm
The persons who attacked Junaid Jamshed were fundamentalists,followers of murderer Qadri. Nobody has a right to pick on and assault somebody.
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Apr 01, 2016 07:21pm
taught all three of them a lesson so that we can avoid such incidents in future
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Apr 01, 2016 07:34pm
Their names are as follows: Akhtar Munshi, Irfan Ladha and Shah Faisal. This was a known fact on a day the incident took place. Police is waking up now.
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Apr 01, 2016 08:30pm
The police have already alerted the culprits by disclosing their identities..
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Apr 01, 2016 08:50pm
enforcement should be lesson able.
otherwise these terrorist minded people will make the life of everybody hard.
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Apr 01, 2016 09:14pm
The real problem is NOT the people seen attacking JJ. The real issue facing our nation are the Mullah's spread misinformation about the religion of Islam. Unless the root cause is addressed this problem will keep recurring.
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Apr 01, 2016 09:20pm
These 3 guys should be punished as per law and then must be forced to attend counselling sessions where they are taught the virtues of true Islam.
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Apr 01, 2016 09:33pm
It has become normal for people to take law in their own hands. It is dangerous tendency. Part of the reason is weak law enforcement. Quality of governance has degraded to a bare minimum.
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Apr 01, 2016 09:57pm
Just spoiling country's reputation.
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Apr 01, 2016 10:03pm
Culprits are deserved for exemplary punishment in order to serve the justice and to achieve the purpose of denouncing such heinous acts especially as a token of deterence to other guilty.minds.
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Apr 01, 2016 10:08pm
Jj had it coming but no one deserves to be treated like this. This madness of people taking the law in their hands must be stopped.
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Apr 02, 2016 06:10am
Its sad but they probably want to be jailed so they can be seen as new heroes, defenders of Islam. How else they were going to get recoginized, cure cancer?
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Apr 02, 2016 08:08am
Law must make example of these thugs who came to destroy peace in city
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Apr 02, 2016 08:35am
fanatics are cancer for any society they must be wiped out before they infilterate the whole body.
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Apr 02, 2016 08:58am
@msahman
I agree.
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Apr 02, 2016 09:34am
This should be taken seriously as no one will feel safe in our country if people start taking law in their hands. This clearly shows that the easiest way to take any revenge in the name of religion. Sad and shameful for all of us.
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Apr 02, 2016 11:14am
The more painful was the conduct and behavior of Airport Security staff, who was standing idle and watching the episode like silent spectators. Was it not their duty to arrest the attackers then & there to hand them over to the police. In out love for our Great Prophet (PMUH) who was a symbol of love and peace, we are spreading hatred in the name of Islam. So So sad.
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Apr 02, 2016 01:31pm
It is not very professional for police to identifying the suspects in the media prior to their address. Is the police trying to tell them please runaway otherwise we have to arrest you?
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Apr 02, 2016 04:12pm
I hope he learns what extremism can do.
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Apr 02, 2016 08:14pm
I add my voice for arresting the hooligans, who manhandled Mr. Junaid Jamsheed for his previous controversial remarks. Given the seriousness of the subject, I would suggest that Mr. JJ should keep low profile and stay away from media pomp and show.
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Apr 02, 2016 10:13pm
If the attackers of Junaid Jamshed on Saturday at the Islamabad Airport have been identified then what is the problem for the Police in arresting them. This was a good opportunity for law enforcement agencies to prove their efficiency and reliability.
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Apr 02, 2016 11:18pm
Great Job. Welldone Police
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Apr 03, 2016 12:41am
Great, now all that needs to be done is to send them a text giving the date and time of the police raid, so they can pack their bags and be ready to be arrested.
Idiots.
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Apr 03, 2016 12:48am
Good work Rawalpindi POLICE, catch them and bring them to justice as they are the real radical Islamist, shameful act indeed.
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Apr 03, 2016 01:12am
I am afraid that if the attackers of Junaid are brought to justice again hundreds and thousands of supporters may march to Capital City Islamabad to stage their protest dharna. If such extremist outlaws could jam the vital Cities including Capital City in support of a heinous condemned murderer of Governor Taseer then what may stop them to repeat the same again?
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