Advisor to the Secretary General

Zahid Hasan Qureshi

DATE AND PLACE OF BIRTH: Karachi, Pakistan 15 May, 1948

EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION: 
  1.    Bachelor of Commerce (B.Com.)
  2.   Special Course on Islamic Banking.

TECHNICAL QUALIFICATION:
 1.    Awarded Excellent in Electronics (Advanced) by Al-Yahya Training Center, Jeddah.
 2.    Awarded Excellent in Novel Network   by Al-Yahya Training Center, Jeddah.

SPECIAL AWARDS:
 -    Awarded certificate of recognition by His Royal Highness Prince Faisal Ibn Fahd bin Abdul Aziz as well as from the Director General of the Center for my participation and efforts exerted for the           effective conclusion of the activities for the International Commission for Islamic Heritage.
 -    Also awarded certificates of appreciation from my superiors.

WORK EXPERIENCE:
 -      Worked in the Organization of the Islamic Conference at different post and the last as Director in the Conference Department since 1971.

LANGUAGES: Fluent in English and Urdu. Good in French, Arabic and Farsi.

Mr. Qureshi a Pakistani national is heading the Conference Department since 2001. He has rich experience in the filed having worked for the
Organisation of the Islamic Conference (OIC) in Saudi Arabia for thirty two years before putting in eight years service with the Parliamentary Union of the OIC Member States.  He is married with five children.