Journalistic career

Muhammad Farooq started his career in journalism as a sub editor from the Daily Mashriq Lahore. He has also served as the Bureau Chief Lahore for Daily Mashriq Quetta. In 1997, Farooq moved to Quetta and was appointed as the chief news editor of the Daily Mashriq Quetta. On August 10, 2001, he launched first Pakistani evening newspaper Daily Evening Special from Quetta as founding editor.^[12]

In 2004, Muhammad Farooq became as the Joint Executive Editor of Daily Mashriq Quetta.^[13] He also served as editor in the Universal News Agency (UNA), in Quetta head office. During his journalistic career he also worked for Daily Din Lahore, Daily Akhbar-e-Lahore, Monthly Education Times Lahore, At present he is working as the news editor for Daily Pakistan Lahore, one of the leading newspapers of Pakistan.

He also covered the activities of ex-Presidents of Pakistan Wasim Sajjad (ex-Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan), Sardar Farooq Laghari, ex-Prime ministers of Pakistan, Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif (Leader of Pakistan Muslim League N), Benazir Bhuto (ex-Chairperson of Pakistan Peoples Party), Mir Zafarullah Khan Jamali, Ex Chief Ministers of Baluchistan Sardar Akhtar Mengal, Mir Jan Mohammad Jamali and others leaders. he has conducted several interviews of leading politicians including ex-Governor of Balochistan, sitting Governor of North-West Frontier Province Owais Ahmed Ghani, ex-Chief Minister of Balochistan Mir Jam Mohammad Yousaf, President of Pakhtunkhwa Milli Awami Party Mahmood Khan Achakzai, he also met with Sardar Abdul Quyyam Khan ex Prime Minister and President of Azad Government of the State of Jammu and Kashmir, Amir of JUI Maulana Fazal-ur-Rehman, ANP’s leaders Begum Nasim Wali Khan, Asfandyar Wali Khan, Sardar Attique Ahmed Khan ex-Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir, chairmain Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Imran Khan and other national leaders.

He has also struggled for the freedom of the press and for the rights of working journalists.^[14] He was an active member of the Quetta Press Club and Baluchistan Union of Journalists,^[15] now also a council member of Lahore Press Club and Punjab Union of Journalists.