He had also worked in the advertising,[1] aviation and journalism industry,[2] writing for Dawn, The Pakistan Times, Morning News and The Guardian, London.
[2] His brother, Sattoo Kureishi, lived near Karachi airport in a house called Air Cottage, where he used to hold regular weekly get-togethers.
[2] "Friday Evenings at Air Cottage" became a byword in Karachi's intellectual and avant-garde circles, and Omar Kureishi soon became an integral part of the set.
[2] He filed dispatches for many newspapers in Pakistan and abroad during his cricket commentating career, but he wrote most regularly for Dawn for a period spanning over 25 years.
[2] Kureishi's devotion to cricket, in his own words, started as "a passion" and eventually became "a love affair" which "remained a constant" in his life through all its "ups and downs".