• Dr Zaheer Ahmed

Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad is an Americanfilm director, writer and producer from Detroit, Michigan. He is also co-founder and current CEO of Detroit-based film production company Exxodus Pictures.^[1] His work as a film maker includes Perfect Mismatch, Jinn and My Soul To Keep.^[2]

List of imran series by ZAHEER AHMED Crystal Bullet Operation High Risk Special Killers Pakishia Mission Mujrim X-2 (Khaas Number) Challenge Fight. Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad is an American film director, writer and producer from Detroit, Michigan.He is also co-founder and current CEO of Detroit-based film production company Exxodus Pictures. His work as a film maker includes Perfect Mismatch, Jinn and My Soul To Keep.

• 1Early life and career

Early life and career[edit]

Ajmal was born to Pakistani parents in West Bloomfield, Michigan. He attended Detroit Country Day School in Southfield, Michigan and Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California.^[3]

Ajmal began his career as a concept designer in California for film, television and commercials. He made his debut in 2000 by creating a commercial for Apple Computers called Apple Core.^[4] Ajmal then produced a short film Alliance in 2005^[5] and a Bollywood film It's a Mismatch (now Perfect Mismatch) in 2009. He gained public recognition by his action-horror-thriller film Jinn, released in April 2014.^[6][7]Ajmal has also appeared Television series Icon News in 2010 and film The Citizen in 2012.^[8][9]

Jinn[edit]

The film Jinn was written and produced by Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad. He told in an interview that he was thinking of making ‘Jinn’ for more than 10 years. He also told that he was listening stories of Jinn since childhood and his mother used to say “If you don’t eat your veggies, the Jinn is going to come out of the woods and get you.”.^[10][11]

Filmography[edit]

Television

References[edit]

1. ^'Interview with JINN Director Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad'. The Islamic Monthly. 3 April 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
2. ^Mehreen Omer (19 January 2015). 'How to diffuse flamed jinns'. The Nation. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
3. ^PTI (16 September 2012). 'Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad's 'Jinn' to be released by American studio'. India TV News. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
4. ^Almas Akhtar (31 March 2014). 'Jinn: Bringing a bit of Pakistan to American cinema'. The Express Tribune. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
5. ^'Alliance (2005)'. IMDb. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
6. ^Stacey Yount (5 April 2014). 'WRITER/DIRECTOR AJMAL ZAHEER AHMAD TALKS JINN'. Bolly Spice. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
7. ^'INTERVIEW – AJMAL ZAHEER AHMAD DIRECTOR OF JINN'. Cryptic Rock. 17 April 2014. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
8. ^'Icon News (2010- )'. IMDb. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
9. ^'The Citizen (2012)'. IMDb. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
10. ^Deepak Chitnis (3 April 2014). 'I have been thinking about making 'Jinn' for more than 10 years: Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad'. The American Bazaar. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
11. ^Priya Arora (3 April 2014). 'Director Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad Returns to His Roots with New Thriller 'Jinn''. The Aerogram. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
12. ^'Still Here (2014)'. IMDb. Retrieved 1 July 2015.

External links[edit]

• Ajmal Zaheer Ahmad on IMDb

Dr Zaheer Ahmed

Zaheer Ahmad' (; Urdu: ظہیر احمد‎) was a Pakistani American^[1] medical doctor who was credited as being the founder and chief executive of the Shifa International Hospital in Islamabad. In 2011, he came under media attention when the United States accused him of being an associate of Dr. Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai, an Indian American lobbyist from Kashmir and founder of the Kashmir American Council (KAC) who was charged for covertly attempting to lobby and influence the American government on the Kashmir conflict on behalf of the Government of Pakistan's interests (see Pakistani lobby in the United States).^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Education and career[edit]

Born in 1948, Ahmed obtained a master's degree in pharmacy from the University of Punjab in Lahore and later became a doctor of medicine after pursuing studies in internal medicine from abroad.^[1] Apart from the Shifa Foundation, Ahmad also founded the Tameer-e-Millat Foundation, a non-government organisation (NGO) aimed at uplifting education.^[7]

Lobbying efforts[edit]

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), after detaining and interrogating Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai charged Ahmad for having involvement with Fai in the scandal. However, Ahmad was living in, Islamabad, Pakistan at the time and was not apprehended by U.S. authorities.^[2] The FBI maintained that the two had been participating in a long-term conspiracy to act as agents of the Pakistani government in the United States without disclosing their affiliation, which is illegal. Thus, both potentially faced a sentence of five years in prison if convicted.^[1] Referring to Ahmad's shady contacts, one article published in the Indian newspaper Hindustan Times even alleged that Ahmad was present during the much-publicised nuclear scientist Sultan Bashiruddin Mahmood's alleged meeting with Osama bin Laden in Afghanistan one month prior to the September 11 attacks; it said that Ayman al-Zawahiri was also present at the meeting and that the discussion revolved around 'building a nuclear bomb.'^[8] However, this allegation has never been proven or validated.

According to U.S. government officials, Fai and Ahmad lobbied for the Kashmir cause secretly rather than making a formal declaration, as is required legally per the Foreign Agents Registration Act. It was claimed that the Pakistani Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) used Ahmad, who had contacts with the agency, as a channel through which they used to transfer large funds of money to Fai.^[1]

Death[edit]

On 7 October 2011, local media reported that Ahmad had died in Islamabad at the age of 63 due to brain haemorrhage.^[1][7] He left behind a widow and four children. His funeral was attended by many prominent politicians and bureaucrats and the salat al-Janazah (funeral prayer) was led by Qazi Hussain Ahmed.^[1]The News International remarked that the country had been deprived of a patriot 'who inspired a revolutionary change in the private health care sector of Pakistan through his stellar accomplishments.'^[9]

References[edit]

1. ^ ^abcdefg'Spying suspect: Doctor linked with Nabi Fai dies in Islamabad'. The Express Tribune. 8 October 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
2. ^ ^ab'FBI: Pakistani spies spent millions lobbying U.S.'USA Today. 19 July 2011. Retrieved 8 October 2011.
3. ^Two Charged with Conspiring to Act as Unregistered Agents of Pakistani Government, FBI Press release
4. ^United States of America v. Syed Ghulam Nabi Fai and Zaheer Ahmad
5. ^Revealed: Man Sought in Plot to Influence U.S. Politics Is Prominent Figure in Pakistan
6. ^Two charged for 'illegal Pakistan lobbying'
7. ^ ^abShifa’s head Dr. Zaheer Ahmad passes away
8. ^Fai’s moneybag met Osama before 9/11
9. ^Dr Zaheer Ahmed the visionary is no more