Junaid Jamshed, a Pakistani pop star turned evangelical ... Jamshed retired from music in 2001 and announced that he was devoting his life to Islam, joining the conservative Tableeghi Jamaat ...

RS: Hassan and I both grew up listening to Pakistani music. From Nazia Hassan, Vital Signs, Junoon, Junaid Jamshed, Jal and many others. In fact, Hassan was a bigger fan of Pakistani music than me.

Junaid Jamshed died on this day in 2016 ... to a short-lived career in aeronautical engineering. Junaid formed a pop music band ”Vital Signs” and had also led it as the lead vocalist.