Muhammad Farooq Khan was a Pakistani psychiatrist, scholar of Islam and vice-chancellor of University of Swat.

The Government of Pakistan had appointed him as the first Vice-Chancellor of Swat Islamic University some time before his death.

He frequently took part in television talk shows at which he used to criticise militants and described suicide attacks as un-Islamic.

[citation needed] In his student days, he was an active member of the Islami Jamiat-i-Talaba.

[citation needed] He was the author of several books on different issues but his main interest areas were the study of Quran and Islam.