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Biography
Abdul Rasheed Khan was the Chairman of Commerce Bank Limited and Regional General Manager of Bank of Credit and Commerce International in Lusaka, Zambia.
Life
Education and Career
Abdul Rasheed Khan was born in a Sunni Muslim family in Baroda, British India and migrated to Nowshera after the creation of Pakistan in 1947. He was educated in Sindh Muslim College in Karachi and initiated his banking career with Habib Bank. After ascending into management at a remarkably accelerated pace, Khan departed from Habib Bank and followed his mentor Agha Hasan Abedi to United Bank Ltd where he continued his banking career.
BCCI Years
In 1972, Mr. Abedi founded the Bank of Credit and Commerce International (BCCI) during the wave of nationalization in Pakistan, and took a number of his colleagues with him to BCCI. Among them was Abdul Rasheed Khan who, upon joining BCCI, was tasked with establishing the bank's presence in Lusaka, Zambia.