Faisal Qureshi
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Faisal Qureshi is a Pakistan
entrepreneur
, electrical engineer, and a founder chair person of a non-profit organization
Loose Ends Pakistan, anchor person of several TV talk shows, currently including Bang e Dara on News One, Loose Ends on Business Plus and Ankahi on Samaa TV, and formerly Breakfast at Dawn on Dawn News
, and founder chairperson of the high IQ society Mensa Pakistan, along with being the ex-Chairman of P@SHA - the Pakistan Software Houses Association.
TV, Breakfast at Dawn with co-host Ayeshah Alam. The casual yet crisp talk show focused on current affairs, sport, business, health, etc. and was aired on weekdays on Dawn News, a Pakistani News Channel run by the Dawn Group of Newspapers
.
is an international society whose only qualification for membership is a score in the top 2% of the general population on a standardized intelligence test. Faisal became a member of Mensa International
and started the Pakistan chapter of the organization in 1995.
, for his primary education. He then attended Habib Public School from 1973 to 1979, from where he passed his matric. He then attended Dayaram Jethamal Science College between 1979 and 1982 for his F.Sc.
, from 1979 to 1981 he attended Louisiana State University
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
, where he obtained a B.S. degree
in Electrical engineering
. During this time he was active with various student organizations like The Union International Committee and the International Students Association, of which he was also the chair person for one year.
During Faisal’s interrogation and search of the bungalow in Defence Phase-II, the FIA found receipts and a locker key. Faisal informed the FIA that he had a locker each at ANZ Grindlays and BRR Modaraba and confessed that the locker at ANZ Grindlays was obtained on January 28 while the BRR Modaraba locker was secured on January 19.
He also confessed that his aunt Anisa Farooqi (wife of Usman Farooqi) had asked him to keep the FEBCs, gold, gold and diamond jewellery and wrist watches in his locker. In the light of this information, the FIA and Ehtesab Bureau officials drove Faisal to BRR Modaraba lockers and in the presence of SDM Ferozabad opened the locker bearing No SL 14 recovering costly jewellery and wrist watches.
The recovered stuff includes over a dozen costly gold wrist watches — mostly Rolex — three of them diamond studded, each estimated to cost Rs 1 million, 14 gold rings, 10 of them diamond studded, hundreds of gold bangles, diamond bracelet, a couple of diamond sets, gold chains and gem stones.
The court, headed by judge Akram Hussain Jaffri, refused to grant bail to Khurram Iftikhar Siddiqi and Faisal Qureshi, directors of the Fast-Track Computer Company, allegedly set up for the said fraud, and Naqi Abbas, the company’s clearing agent. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) told the court that the three accused had used credit cards of prominent foreign banks operating in Pakistan.
The judge said bail could not be granted to them because the crime was of international dimensions and had also victimised many people abroad. In the interim challan, the FIA has accused the three men of buying goods from computer software and hardware giants including Intel, Gateway and Compaq by using stolen numbers of credit cards issued in Pakistan by the Standard Chartered Bank, Citibank and local banks. The investigation officer said in the interim challan that the Standard Chartered had confirmed fake transactions worth Rs 1 million.
The FIA has seized computer merchandise worth more than Rs 4 million, including computer processors and motherboards.
The FIA busted the gang on December 20 after complaints from US customs authorities. According to the FIA, the suspects were buying goods online using stolen credit card numbers. The FIA has also included staff from some leading Pakistani hotels in the investigation to find out how the credit card numbers were stolen.
The case was then submitted to the Banking Court for Special Offences as credit cards were involved in the fake transactions and also because Pakistan lacks specific laws to deal with cyber-crime.
Pakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
entrepreneur
Entrepreneur
An entrepreneur is an owner or manager of a business enterprise who makes money through risk and initiative.The term was originally a loanword from French and was first defined by the Irish-French economist Richard Cantillon. Entrepreneur in English is a term applied to a person who is willing to...
, electrical engineer, and a founder chair person of a non-profit organization
Non-profit organization
Nonprofit organization is neither a legal nor technical definition but generally refers to an organization that uses surplus revenues to achieve its goals, rather than distributing them as profit or dividends...
Loose Ends Pakistan, anchor person of several TV talk shows, currently including Bang e Dara on News One, Loose Ends on Business Plus and Ankahi on Samaa TV, and formerly Breakfast at Dawn on Dawn News
Dawn News
Dawn News was Pakistan's 24-hour Urdu news channel. Based in Karachi, the station is a subsidiary of Pakistan Herald Publications Limited , Pakistan's largest English-language media group. The test transmission of the station occurred on May 25, 2007, and the channel went live on July 23, 2007...
, and founder chairperson of the high IQ society Mensa Pakistan, along with being the ex-Chairman of P@SHA - the Pakistan Software Houses Association.
Bange Dara
Faisal has launched his new show Bange Dara on News One. The show started on Monday 29-June-2009. Bange Dara "The call of the marching bell" or "The call of the caravan" was the first Urdu philosophical poetry book by Allama Iqbal. Bange Dara will air every week-night at 11:00PM Pakistan Time and rerun Tuesday-Saturday at 7:10AM and 02:05PM.Ankahi
Faisal Qureshi anchored a talk show "Ankahi" on Samaa TV, between April 2008 and June 2009. Ankahi gained tremendous popularity among the educated middle class, students, youth, and the general population of Pakistan, because this was the only show that addressed their REAL PROBLEMS, at a time when prime-time media was obsessed with taking the easy way out, i.e. political argument shows. Ankahi was a platform for the patriot in all of us and focuses on varying subjects which can be candidly discussed for the much needed re-education of today’s misinformed Pakistani. Ankahi ended on 05-June-2009. Ankahi shows can be downloaded from The Ankahi Library and www.pkaffairs.comBreakfast At Dawn
Faisal hosted the morning show on Dawn NewsDawn News
Dawn News was Pakistan's 24-hour Urdu news channel. Based in Karachi, the station is a subsidiary of Pakistan Herald Publications Limited , Pakistan's largest English-language media group. The test transmission of the station occurred on May 25, 2007, and the channel went live on July 23, 2007...
TV, Breakfast at Dawn with co-host Ayeshah Alam. The casual yet crisp talk show focused on current affairs, sport, business, health, etc. and was aired on weekdays on Dawn News, a Pakistani News Channel run by the Dawn Group of Newspapers
Dawn Group of Newspapers
The Dawn Group of Newspapers is Pakistan's second largest newspaper group, owned by Pakistan Herald Publications Limited , which in turn is a subsidiary of the Dawn Media Group....
.
Loose Ends TV Show
Faisal co-hosted the popular TV show Loose Ends aired on Business Plus every weekend from 19 May 2006 to 31 March 2007.Mensa Pakistan
Faisal was the founder chair person of Mensa Pakistan from 1995 to 1998. MensaMensa International
Mensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world. It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test...
is an international society whose only qualification for membership is a score in the top 2% of the general population on a standardized intelligence test. Faisal became a member of Mensa International
Mensa International
Mensa is the largest and oldest high-IQ society in the world. It is a non-profit organization open to people who score at the 98th percentile or higher on a standardised, supervised IQ or other approved intelligence test...
and started the Pakistan chapter of the organization in 1995.
Loose Ends Pakistan
Faisal is a founding member of Loose Ends Pakistan, a non-profit organization targeted towards arousing a desire to change among the youth in Pakistan. Loose Ends Pakistan, a by-product of the TV show Loose Ends, was registered in January 2007, and aims to identify and foster capabilities of socially aware people for the benefit of society and humanity.Pakistan
Faisal attended Christ the King School and Saint Paul's English High School in KarachiKarachi
Karachi is the largest city, main seaport and the main financial centre of Pakistan, as well as the capital of the province of Sindh. The city has an estimated population of 13 to 15 million, while the total metropolitan area has a population of over 18 million...
, for his primary education. He then attended Habib Public School from 1973 to 1979, from where he passed his matric. He then attended Dayaram Jethamal Science College between 1979 and 1982 for his F.Sc.
United States
After completing his secondary education in PakistanPakistan
Pakistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan is a sovereign state in South Asia. It has a coastline along the Arabian Sea and the Gulf of Oman in the south and is bordered by Afghanistan and Iran in the west, India in the east and China in the far northeast. In the north, Tajikistan...
, from 1979 to 1981 he attended Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University
Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, most often referred to as Louisiana State University, or LSU, is a public coeducational university located in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The University was founded in 1853 in what is now known as Pineville, Louisiana, under the name...
in Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Louisiana
Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties...
, where he obtained a B.S. degree
Academic degree
An academic degree is a position and title within a college or university that is usually awarded in recognition of the recipient having either satisfactorily completed a prescribed course of study or having conducted a scholarly endeavour deemed worthy of his or her admission to the degree...
in Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering
Electrical engineering is a field of engineering that generally deals with the study and application of electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. The field first became an identifiable occupation in the late nineteenth century after commercialization of the electric telegraph and electrical...
. During this time he was active with various student organizations like The Union International Committee and the International Students Association, of which he was also the chair person for one year.
Steel Mill Case
On an information linked with the haul of FEBCs from a Lahore branch of ANZ Grindlays Bank, FIA’s Karachi office raided the bungalow of Faisal Qureshi, a nephew of Usman Farooqi in 90s.During Faisal’s interrogation and search of the bungalow in Defence Phase-II, the FIA found receipts and a locker key. Faisal informed the FIA that he had a locker each at ANZ Grindlays and BRR Modaraba and confessed that the locker at ANZ Grindlays was obtained on January 28 while the BRR Modaraba locker was secured on January 19.
He also confessed that his aunt Anisa Farooqi (wife of Usman Farooqi) had asked him to keep the FEBCs, gold, gold and diamond jewellery and wrist watches in his locker. In the light of this information, the FIA and Ehtesab Bureau officials drove Faisal to BRR Modaraba lockers and in the presence of SDM Ferozabad opened the locker bearing No SL 14 recovering costly jewellery and wrist watches.
The recovered stuff includes over a dozen costly gold wrist watches — mostly Rolex — three of them diamond studded, each estimated to cost Rs 1 million, 14 gold rings, 10 of them diamond studded, hundreds of gold bangles, diamond bracelet, a couple of diamond sets, gold chains and gem stones.
Internet Fraud Case
A banking court in 2003 rejected bail applications from three suspects (including Faisal Qureshi) accused of using stolen credit cards numbers to buy goods online.The court, headed by judge Akram Hussain Jaffri, refused to grant bail to Khurram Iftikhar Siddiqi and Faisal Qureshi, directors of the Fast-Track Computer Company, allegedly set up for the said fraud, and Naqi Abbas, the company’s clearing agent. The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) told the court that the three accused had used credit cards of prominent foreign banks operating in Pakistan.
The judge said bail could not be granted to them because the crime was of international dimensions and had also victimised many people abroad. In the interim challan, the FIA has accused the three men of buying goods from computer software and hardware giants including Intel, Gateway and Compaq by using stolen numbers of credit cards issued in Pakistan by the Standard Chartered Bank, Citibank and local banks. The investigation officer said in the interim challan that the Standard Chartered had confirmed fake transactions worth Rs 1 million.
The FIA has seized computer merchandise worth more than Rs 4 million, including computer processors and motherboards.
The FIA busted the gang on December 20 after complaints from US customs authorities. According to the FIA, the suspects were buying goods online using stolen credit card numbers. The FIA has also included staff from some leading Pakistani hotels in the investigation to find out how the credit card numbers were stolen.
The case was then submitted to the Banking Court for Special Offences as credit cards were involved in the fake transactions and also because Pakistan lacks specific laws to deal with cyber-crime.