Maulana Tariq Jameel 'offloaded' from Canada-bound flight at Dubai airport

Maulana Jameel was travelling to Toronto to raise funds for Shahid Afridi Foundation


News Desk May 10, 2017
The tableeghi jamaat leader was travelling to Toronto with Shahid Afridi. PHOTO COURTESY: MAULANATARIQJAMILBAYANS

Prominent religious scholar Maulana Tariq Jameel was offloaded from a Canada-bound flight at Dubai airport, Express News reported.

Maulana Jameel was bound to travel to Toronto on Emirates flight EK-241 with former Pakistan star all-rounder Shahid Afridi to raise funds for Shahid Afridi Foundation.

Maulana Tariq Jamil delivers sermon at Bahria Town mosque

According to media reports, Afridi said security officials were directed by the airline to offload Jameel over security clearance issues.

https://twitter.com/SAfridiOfficial/status/861981775253438470



https://twitter.com/alisalmanalvi/status/862213166272360448

Making strides in the field of philanthropy, Shahid Afridi Foundation last year, won 3G Critics’ Choice Best Upcoming Charity of the Year 2016 on Thursday at the Global Good Governance awards in Istanbul. “It is with great pleasure that we would like to take this opportunity to share with you that The Shahid Afridi Foundation won the Best Upcoming Charity of the Year 2016 at the Global Good Governance awards in Istanbul,” a post on Shahid Afridi Foundation’s Facebook page read.

 

COMMENTS (7)

Lakhkar Khan | 6 years ago | Reply @JAMIL: You wrote "Afridi is trying to become Imran Khan by showing his fund raising skills." The only difference is, Imran Niazi launders money through his charity and Shahid Afridi does not.
shah | 6 years ago | Reply Very sad. He is one of the law few Islamic scholars left in Pakistan. Always speaks about tolerance, humility, piety.
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