JAN 11 - Pakistani pop group “Junoon” of “sanyo-ni” fame  is expected to perform in occupied Jerusalem, reported a Lahore based daily.

According to the report, The Jerusalem Post has claimed the group is part of the hundreds of celebrities who will be participating in a peace concert in Israel this summer.

“One World Concert for Peace” will feature stars such as Lawrence Fishburne and best-selling author Deepak Chopra, says the report quoting Los Angeles-based producer Traci Szymanski, who herself is also one of the organizers. The report also claims that Pakistani pop star and United Nations Goodwill Ambassador Salman Ahmed is among the foreign celebrities.

The report says that Ahmed, a UN Goodwill Ambassador and an anti-Aids activist, is the lead guitarist of Pakistani pop band Junoon, which has sold 25 million records in Southeast Asia. Junoon has raised millions of dollars to aid the victims of last year’s Kashmir earthquake — and drew attention in the disaster’s aftermath by criticizing the Pakistani government for not accepting aid from Israel. The report says the event is loosely based on the 1985 charity recording ‘We Are the World’, which brought together dozens of major musicians and raised tens of millions of dollars to fight famine in Africa.

The concert will focus on boosting peace efforts in the Middle East and other global flashpoints.

Planners say the concert will feature top American and Middle Eastern entertainers, as well as other performers from around the world. No one from Junoon group could be reached for comment. However, Shahryar Ahmed, Salman’s brother, claimed that the group would be taking part in a concert at Jerusalem.