Qureshi began his television career in the mid-2000s directing ads, films, and cooking shows. In 2012, Qureshi directed the music video for
Mohsin Abbas Haider's debut song,
Beparwah Dhola. In 2014, Qureshi made his feature film directorial debut with
Na Maloom Afraad, which he co-wrote with his college friend
Fizza Ali Meerza. Meerza produced the film along with Mehdi Ali through Filmwala Pictures. The comedy thriller starred
Fahad Mustafa,
Mohsin Abbas Haider, and
Urwa Hocane, and was released domestically by Hum Films on 6 October 2014. The film grossed ₨ 12.2 crore by March 2015, on a budget of ₨ 9 crore. At the
14th Lux Style Awards,
Na Maloom Afraad won the award for Best Film, and Nabeel Qureshi won the Lux Style Award for Best Director and Best Original Soundtrack for the song
Billi in
Na Maloom Afraad, which he shared with Meerza. Qureshi's follow-up film,
Actor in Law, was announced in January 2015, started shooting in January 2016, and was released on September 9, 2016. It collected Rs. 30 crore at the box office. In 2017, Qureshi again teamed up with Fizza Ali Meerza for
Na Maloom Afraad 2. Shooting began in March 2017 in Karachi and later in Cape Town, South Africa. The film was released on 2 September 2017 both domestically in Pakistan and internationally, grossing Rs. 20 crore at the box office. The following year, Qureshi directed and co-wrote the social-comedy drama film
Load Wedding, starring
Fahad Mustafa and
Mehwish Hayat, which was released on Eid al-Adha in 2018. Qureshi currently directs
Geo TV's weekly comedy news show
Banana News Network. == Criticism ==