A charged crowed of unknown people at Benazir International Airport late Saturday night assaulted singer-turned-evangelist Junaid Jamshed, accusing him of committing blasphemy. The former vocalist of Vital Signs band received kicks and blows by a small group of men when he was leaving the airport.
The charged crowed chanted slogans against Jamshed, but the timely intervention by airport security forces personnel saved him from being further beaten up by the mob. A video of the incident that went viral on social media showed Jamshed asking the crowd to talk to him instead of resorting to violence, but they refused to listen to him and instead started beating him up.
A group of bearded men kept chanting "Maaro, maaro! (beat him, beat him!)", a man could be seen chasing Jamshed out and kicking him before the former pop singer disappeared into the arrival lounge. Jamshaid has filed an application to lodge an FIR against the unidentified men. He said he was attacked by a group of seven to eight people whom he can identify.
Later, Junaid Jamshed took to twitter to condemn the brutal attack on himself by a "bunch of religious fanatics" at Islamabad airport. Federal Information Minister Pervaiz Rashid has condemned the incident.