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I feel he knew his time was up, says Junaid Jamshed's son

I feel he knew his time was up, says Junaid Jamshed's son

Taimur recently took to Facebook and shared a touching testimonial of his father
Updated 19 Dec, 2016

Junaid Jamshed's tragic passing was a shock to the nation.

While fans and friends uploaded pictures and videos with and of him as treasured memories, his son Taimur Junaid just shared a stirring testimonial of his father.

He remembered him not as a singer, evangelist, or business magnate, but as a family man.

"To me my dad was just my dad," he wrote. "Everytime he came home we all got excited and would run from our rooms to meet him. At the end of the day we would get on with our thing. Because he was just our baba and we knew he wasn't going anywhere. Milna hoga, baat karni hogi he's there, just like a dad would be for his kids."

He fondly remembers his father's concern for other people.

"People from around the world came for his janaza and explained he would keep in touch with everyone. He would call them, message them, be concerned for them. It was because he was always busy reminding everyone he knew that he was thinking of them and praying for them."

The outpouring of love told Taimur that JJ may have been his father but "he was family and someone special to just about everyone."

In one of his final interviews in September, Junaid Jamshed shared his views on death:

Comments

SAMI Dec 19, 2016 02:24pm
Indeed he was a great man!...His day of death was sad day of my life...JJ , we loved you alot & you will remain alive n "Dil Dil" of Pakistanis for ever.
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Thoroughthinker Dec 19, 2016 02:30pm
A real blessed man with almost everything one expects from his creator.
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mushy ali Dec 19, 2016 02:40pm
Simply amazing! he knew.
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USAMA BILAL GHORI Dec 19, 2016 02:43pm
Ameen
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Tamasha Dec 19, 2016 02:52pm
@SAMI i love his songs very much
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Atif Shahab Dec 19, 2016 03:00pm
Junaid Jamshed was indeed a great human being. He will be be missed forever.
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bharat Dec 19, 2016 03:10pm
Brother, i pray for your well being. May you have the strength .
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Irfan UK Dec 19, 2016 03:15pm
JJ was a blessing for Pakistan, There was something about him that made you listen to him and maybe the reason for that was that what he said was from the bottom of his heart. I feel as though I've lost a family member even though I've never met him in real life.
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MAK Dec 19, 2016 03:24pm
PIA frequent flyers usually have premonitions of but put them aside believing in God's will & their helplessness. may JJ & other departed souls rest in peace
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Dr Riffat Jabeen Dec 19, 2016 03:44pm
I don't know why don't we remember good things about our fellows, we just love discussing little mistakes...we are not angels...we all make mistakes. We must learn to forget and forgive.
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farhat hussain Dec 19, 2016 04:19pm
Indeed J.J. has left his strong impact on youngsters. We should spare some time to please our creator-GOD. This is lesson for us.
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Jm Dec 19, 2016 04:47pm
A very successful businessman indeed.
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Jm Dec 19, 2016 04:48pm
@MAK So true.
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Asif Dec 19, 2016 05:54pm
No doubt he will be missed by millions and he will in prayers by many millions.
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sameer Dec 19, 2016 06:20pm
Just to say he was an inspiring person, great achiever and understood the meaning of life.
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Fez Dec 19, 2016 06:42pm
What a huge loss, what a blessed man and what a great hero and legend. I cant believe Junaid Jamsheds gone you know, I cant. Nobody will forget that beautiful smile and that amazing voice. Love you Junaid Jamshed.
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Iftikahr khan Dec 19, 2016 06:45pm
He has become someone special for me as well. Never really followed him actively...but some of the things that surfaced after his death proves that he was genuinely naik and has the message of love and unity that should be spread.
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colonel Dec 19, 2016 08:00pm
@Jm .....yours is a very realistic and truth bearing comment.....All this because he knew, in depth, the psychology of the general public....
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KK Dec 19, 2016 08:03pm
His demise took away my teenage life memories from me.
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The end is near Dec 19, 2016 09:15pm
Junaid Jamshaid you will always live alive in our hearts. Pakistani nation loved you and will always do so and we can never forget you. All the best wishes to my friend Taimur Junaid.
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PAKISTANI Dec 19, 2016 10:56pm
I was in primary school when "Dil Dil Pakistan" song hit all across Pakistan. I loved the song and whenever PTV used to play it, I'd run to TV room to listen and watch it because there was no other source for me to listen it. The years passed on but "Dil Dil Pakistan" proved an evergreen song. I don't know why but I always liked J.J. more than anybody else in the band. And when he turned to religion, I liked him even more. The news of his sad demise in air crash brought tears in my eyes. I've promised myself to change myself and follow the same path that J.J. was heading to. May his soul rest in peace! Ameen!
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IMTIAZ ALI KHAN Dec 19, 2016 11:24pm
Junaid Jamshed was one of the first members who worked hard for the noble cause of Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre. R.I.P
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Muhammad Aijaz Umer Dec 19, 2016 11:26pm
Every one in my Family was very much sad by knowing this tragic incidence . we feel that we lost one of our close relative. He got Shahadat in month of Rabi e Awal. He was a great man and did a marvelous job in this world.
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white noise Dec 20, 2016 02:49am
My very first and last memory of him is this tall skinny but well mannered guy wearing a lewis and a plain tshirt walking out of rohail hayat's home near adiala in Rawalpindi, rohail was skinny too back then :) the year was 1989, I was still in school and remember being excited as a kid in a candy store, and the impression never faded away. Everyone leaves, what remains are the good memories they leave behind. I only have one regret that Rohail didn't invite VS to do a song on Coke Studio, would have been sooo good !!!
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Haji Dec 20, 2016 11:30am
Dying unnatural death - preferable in blood and gore is all it has sadly become to be a Muslim. Not to live a life of honesty, humblance, service to humanity, contribution to knowledge, raising a good society and generation which is much harder than dying. That tell the story of todays Islamic world. RIP shaheed Islamic World!
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Fi Dec 20, 2016 04:46pm
@Haji he did contributed to humanity , society and his country. His charitable work will live till humanity. Instead of questioning others , you should be questioning yourself and introspecting your contribution in the society.
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One thought. Dec 20, 2016 05:02pm
Life is about living to one's full potential, about enjoying life to the fullest, about sharing one's talents, skills, knowledge, happiness, sadness to the fullest with other fellow human beings., about helping others (all living creatures) and sharing in their happiness and sadness. Life is not about dying, or taking other peoples lives, it is very important to realize and debate what is the purpose of life, because if dying a martyrs death is what ultimately life is about then this would make life really not worth living, in most instances. We could never create, appreciate the universe in all its splendor, appreciate others, through our senses. Live life to the fullest.
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asif Hayat Khan Dec 22, 2016 03:39pm
May Allah grant him the best place in Paradise.
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Zeeshan Dec 22, 2016 04:28pm
You will always be remembered with love Junaid Jamshad. RIP
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Anwar Dec 23, 2016 03:38pm
He was really a great personality, I cannot really forget this personality. Allah gave him a lot starting from his musical carrier to his current. He was a special and blessed person from Allah.
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Nasser Dec 23, 2016 08:38pm
Like Imran Khan, Junaid Jamshed is an achiever, in practically every thing he touched! Junaid Jamshed is, though, a better person as he has no ego, a true Muslim - in deed!
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azeem usmani Dec 24, 2016 12:21pm
a great think by this man.
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