JUI leader claims to have taken down Jungkook billboard in Gujranwala

To celebrate the 24th birthday of BTS band member JungKook, Pakistan’s BTS ARMY installed a large billboard in the city of Gujranwala. Many were overjoyed by this development while Twitter had a field day – until the next afternoon, at least – following which, the K-pop group’s fans were met with an angry response.

Turns out, hours after its installation, the billboard was vandalised and removed by Farhan Adeel Butt, a political worker, who dubbed it ‘fahaash (vulgar)’.

A video shared by Butt on social media hears him call JungKook a ‘hamjins pasand group ka sarbarah (leader of a queer group)’ and his fans ‘ayash tabyat’. He goes on to say that the billboard was taken down after receiving similar 'complaints' from the neighbourhood. 

Butt had previously opposed the female marathon race in Gujranwala as well and is known to have raised his voice against several cultural activities.

As for the Pakistani fan base of the Korean boy band, which is loud and proud in its admiration for the K-pop group, shower each member of BTS with excessive love on Twitter each year. They often make BTS trend on the micro-blogging site in Pakistan but we suppose they decided to add a little extra effort into their wish for JnugKook this year. Especially since Indian fans had wished the K-pop idol by having bus shelter billboards installed.

Nevertheless, now fans of the group are disappointed, and rightfully so. "I hope BTS never notice or come to Pakistan... It's for the better,” wrote a disheartened user.

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