| Faisal Qureshi | |
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Faisal Qureshi at Wagah border. |
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| Born | Faisal Qureshi August 16, 1964 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Occupation | television personality, electrical engineer |
| Years active | 1985–present |
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| http://www.faisalqureshi.com | |
Faisal Qureshi (born 16 August 1964 in Karachi) 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.
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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.
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.com
Faisal hosted the morning show on Dawn News 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.
Faisal co-hosted the popular TV show Loose Ends aired on Business Plus every weekend from 19 May 2006 to 31 March 2007.
Faisal was the founder chair person of Mensa Pakistan from 1995 to 1998. Mensa 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.
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.
Faisal attended Christ the King School and Saint Paul's English High School in Karachi, 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.
After completing his secondary education in Pakistan, 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.