Tasneem Qureishi is a fictional character on the American television series Homeland on Showtime, created by Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon.

Tasneem comes into direct conflict with Carrie's mentor, US National Security Advisor Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin), but becomes his reluctant ally as the interests of Pakistan and the US increasingly align.

"[13] Kaur also collaborated with the costume designer to assure the regional accuracy of what her character wore, which was a challenge to source in Casablanca, Morocco where they were filming.

[19] She is later revealed to be a high-ranking Pakistani ISI officer who, though her country is an ally of the United States, is plotting against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) chief of station in Islamabad, Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes).

"[34] Ethan Sacks of the New York Daily News wrote of "Tasneem glaring at her American counterparts, her beautiful head full of duplicity.

"[35] Gwilym Mumford of The Guardian noted that "poker-faced Tasneem is as shrewd as they come",[36] and Kat Rosenfield of Entertainment Weekly wrote that the character "keeps smirking with all the subtlety of a cat that just ate about 500 canaries.

"[37] Deeming Tasneem "pretty badass", Metro New York noted, "She smiles the whole time she speaks with [Dennis Boyd] in every exchange, although everything she says to him threatens his very core".

[40] Emma Dibdin of Digital Spy wrote that "having Carrie's reliance on medication exploited as a weakness was a chilling and believable turn that made [Tasneem] seem a genuinely formidable threat.

Club explained that Tasneem and her ISI cohorts "look less like stock villains and more like people who make tough decisions because of a patriotism that burns as hot as Carrie's".

[24] Lockett explained that the characters have "differing opinion about the ethics of war" and notes Tasneem's "seemingly unapologetic ruthlessness", which is "at times, even worse than Carrie's".

"[12] In the first episode of the season, Saul suggests that Tasneem's stepfather, retired Pakistani general Bunran "Bunny" Latif (Art Malik), must be proud of her for "getting the job he always wanted", to which she replies, "I think he'd have preferred grandchildren.

[16] Showtime described the character as "a member of [Pakistan's] political elite [whose] interest in the Afghan peace deal proves pivotal for Saul",[60] though she is again positioned as an antagonist.

[15]Understanding that she is a potential threat to his plan to broker peace,[32] Saul deceives "the highly nosy Tasneem" as he plots a secret meeting with Haqqani.

[12] The actress said, "I got a lot of appreciation for playing such a strong girl in a man's world and taking tough decisions in a place where you would normally not see women in that position of authority.

Tasneem is aware that Dennis stole top secret information directly from his wife and passed it along to the recently-murdered CIA chief of station in Pakistan.

Spooked, Dennis tries to return to the US, but Tasneem threatens to expose him to the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), thereby sending him to prison for treason and ruining his wife's career.

Meanwhile, Carrie Mathison (Claire Danes), the new CIA chief of station in Pakistan, learns that ISI agent Farhad Ghazi (Tamer Burjaq) was involved in her predecessor's murder.

[18][38][75] In "About a Boy", Tasneem confers with ISI colonel Aasar Khan (Raza Jaffrey) to compare notes on Carrie and her CIA mentor Saul Berenson (Mandy Patinkin).

Tasneem arrives just in time to prevent Dennis from confessing their arrangement to John Redmond (Michael O'Keefe), the CIA deputy station chief.

A disparaging comment from Martha prompts Dennis to do Tasneem's bidding and enter Carrie's apartment, where he photographs various items, including her family photos and medication bottles.

[20][76][77] In "From A to B and Back Again", Dennis discovers that Aayan Ibrahim (Suraj Sharma), the nephew of Taliban commander Haissam Haqqani (Numan Acar), has recently been in Carrie's CIA safehouse.

CIA Director Andrew Lockhart (Tracy Letts) confronts the Pakistani delegation, including Tasneem, and threatens to cut off US aid to Pakistan if Saul is not returned.

[89][90][91] In "Long Time Coming", Tasneem has benefited from the chaos she helped unleash and becomes a "leading" voice for Pakistan, publicly renouncing any alliance with the US.

[49][53][92] Saul, now the National Security Advisor to the US president, is in Doha, Qatar monitoring peace talks between the Taliban and the government of Afghanistan in "Deception Indicated".

The Afghan vice president, Abdul Qadir G'ulom (Mohammad Bakri), jeopardizes the negotiations when he announces publicly that he will never release any Taliban prisoners of war, as has been proposed.

Tasneem attempts to leave the announcement ceremony at the Presidential Palace but is stopped by Saul, who makes it clear he knows she orchestrated the attack on Haqqani.

[70][71] Now believing that Jalal shot down Warner's helicopter, new US President Benjamin Hayes (Sam Trammell) threatens an invasion of Pakistan unless they hand him over in "In Full Flight".

[63] In the series finale "Prisoners of War", Tasneem makes a public statement in answer to an ultimatum President Hayes has given the Pakistani prime minister.

"[16] Willa Paskin of Slate praised the "excellent supporting work from a host of actors, including most especially Nimrat Kaur as ISI agent Tasneem Qureishi".

[106] In April 2020, Gold Derby reported that Showtime would be submitting Kaur for an Emmy Award in the category Supporting Actress in a Drama Series.