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On May 15, 1962, with the support of his family, Siddiqui became a local distributor of ice cream and Coca-Cola. In 1966, he completed a bachelor's degree in commerce, and began training as a chartered accountant in 1967. His interest in stock markets eventually led him to start his own company in
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6,000 to start a business, Siddiqui secretly stole and sold his family's car to a junk dealer for Rs1,800, along with the family's two-year stock of wheat and coal, all of which were stored in the family's house at the time. When discussing this start as a businessman, Siddiqui said, "Positive
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in connivance with the owner of an estate agency, using forged documents. Additional
Executive District Officer (AEDO) Revenue Mustafa Jamal Qazi maintained that it had become a practice that land that was awarded to the government was being grabbed by "land mafia...for its vested interests."
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thinking distinguishes an entrepreneur from the rest of the crowd. He’s never deterred by difficult circumstances.” By the time he retired from the company in 2003, JS Group comprised a range of businesses with over 18,000 employees.
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October 1971. In 1971, Siddiqui founded
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Siddiqui’s name in FIR for land grabbing, Imran Hafeez, The Tribune, International Herald Tribune, December 8, 2010
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Siddiqui sued a group of individuals, including the Anti-Corruption
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issued notices to the defendants, and they were summoned to appear before the court on 5 January 2011. The court issued a
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had evaluated land in 2001 and found the ownership of the property legal. In response to the defamation claim, the
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is also involved in the family's businesses. Another son is married with Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman's daughter.
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characterised these events as a "character assassination campaign" against
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preventing the defendants from "media attack" pending settlement of the matter. The
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