A Pakistani belonging to an elite military family, His Father is a retired Air Vice Marshall of the PAF and ex- head of CAA (Civil Aviation Authority) and his Father's brother is a retired? Inspector General of the Frontier Corps.
SHELTON -- Faisal Shahzad's Pakistani passport, tax documents, greeting cards, academic records and immigration documents were found abandoned outside a Shelton home once owned by the man charged in the attempted Times Square car bombing.
The documents, mainly from 2000 and 2001, were found Tuesday morning by a Connecticut Post reporter outside the house at 119 Long Hill Ave. where Shahzad lived until about a year ago. The house is vacant and up for sale.
Police earlier had searched the property, according to neighbors.
The papers, soaked from recent rain, paint a picture of the man police believe intended to set off a bomb housed in the Nissan Pathfinder he purchased recently from a Bridgeport woman off Craigslist. Shahzad lived at the small gray Colonial until about a year ago, neighbors said, and has since been empty and has a Realtor's lock box on the front door.
While the papers document many events in Shahzad's life, they don't say what would motivate the 30-year-old naturalized citizen allegedly to want to cause mass destruction and injuries in the heart of New York City.
Cards from "Fayeza" wish him a happy birthday and express their love for him. A small child bearing flowers graces the front of one card that Fayeza signs, "from a friend who really cares a lot for you!"
A second card adorned with teddy bears declares "However hard I try, I just can't hide my love for you" and is signed "with lots and lots of love."
Another card Fayeza sent to "Sweetest Faisal" -- "You are there, I am here, You know what that means? One of us is in the wrong place!" It's signed "Wish you happiness and joy now and always. Praying for your bright future."
Another card sent in May 1999 laments the fact that the senders haven't heard from him and are "eager to know how things are at your end." It is signed from Shezia, Chazi and Tashfan "with lots of love."
The copy of his Pakistani passport shows a picture of a serious-looking young man dressed in a suit and tie. It lists his occupation as a student and his religion as Muslim. The document expired in February 2000. A copy of one entry shows a stamp allowing entry into the United Kingdom good until June 4, 1996 and is stamped Karachi, Pakistan.
Included were transcripts of his grades from Southeastern University in Washington, D.C., which he attended in the late 1990s and where he took mostly business classes. He was at best a mediocre student, with his transcript peppered with Cs and Ds, and even an F in one class, basic statistics. His grade point average for the five semesters he attended between 1997 and 1998 was 2.78.
That was good enough to gain him transfer admission to the University of Bridgeport, where a Certificate of Eligibility for Non-immigrant Student Status shows he was awarded $6,700 in grant money to attend the school beginning in January 1999. The remaining $14,700 tuition was covered by "family funds," according to the document. He was studying for a bachelor's degree in marketing, the certificate says.
Tax returns show he earned a modest income -- his 2000 income, the year he earned his degree from UB, was $5,458. His 2001 return, when he was living on Linden Avenue in Bridgeport, lists his occupation as an account analyst, from which he earned a gross income of $22,650 with a refund of $1,135, which was directly deposited into his checking account at People's Bank.
Also in 2001, time cards show Shahzad worked for Accountants Inc., a temporary agency based in California. He spent most of his time working an average of four days a week at Elizabeth Arden in Stamford.
The Connecticut Post made the documents available to the FBI. By early afternoon, police and federal investigators were back at the Shelton home. The pile of papers in the backyard was much smaller than it was that morning.
Exclusive: Documents found near bomb suspect's former Shelton home - Connecticut Post
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