Abbasi was born in Lahore , Pakistan in 1956 .
Abbasi was moved to various cities with his father , an air force official , before reaching the United States in 1974 to attend college at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign .
Abbasi was born in Lahore , Pakistan in 1956 and moved to various cities with his father , an air force official , before reaching the United States in 1974 to attend college at the University of Illinois at Urbana - Champaign .