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Junaid Jamshed was the first pop star on the Pakistani music scene. At the height of his career, he turned his back on the world of glitz and glamour and devoted himself to Islam.
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Of course, Junaid Jamshed could not point out why he yearned for more from life, but Maulana, a shrewd and dramatic proselytiser, knew exactly how to put his finger on the raw emotions of the celebrity and how to lure him into his sect. From that day on, Junaid Jamshed embarked on the path of hyper religiosity with Maulana Tariq Jamil, never to return back to normalcy again.
Aside from wearing a beard, covering his head with a cap and shaving his moustache, he also changed his dress code limiting it to traditional Shalwar Qameez whose hems always ended a couple of inches above the ankles. Nevertheless, he did not refrain from appearing before the camera though he would do so as a born again Muslim and a preacher.
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