The death of Junaid Jamshed, a Pakistani rock star-turned-evangelist, in a plane crash on Wednesday has stirred debate over his legacy, raising questions that cut to the heart of Pakistan's widening cultural schisms.

Jamshed, 52, was one of Pakistan's first rock stars before abandoning music to advocate a strict interpretation of Islam that would curtail women's freedoms.

Much of the reaction to the crash, which killed all 47 people on a flight from northern mountains to the capital, Islamabad, has focused on Jamshed's life, which seemed to embody a dichotomy similar to many Pakistanis' struggle between embracing liberal and conservative values.