He is been around a while. I googled his name on Usenet and came up with quite a few hits going back to atleast 1995. Here is a link to the search.
http://groups-beta.google.com/groups?hl=en&q=%22Asif+Siddiqui%22&qt_s=Search
His email address is asif @mail.dnr.state.ga.us, which led to believe this is the same guy.
Asif: As if.