in September, 1982; Farooq was repatriated to Judiciary in January, 1988 and posted as Registrar, Peshawar High Court; during this period, he participated in the International Visitor Programme administration of Courts in the United States arranged by the United States Information agency.
He visited Iran in 1992 as a member of the Supreme Court Delegation and attended a course on alternate Dispute Resolution in San Francisco (U.S.A) in July 1998.
Farooq was appointed as Chief Justice Peshawar High Court on 12 May 1999 and retired on 5 January 2000.
During this period, he remained a member of the Law Reforms Commission, Judge-in-charge, Federal Judicial academy, Islamabad; Farooq visited the People's Republic of China as a member of the Supreme Court Delegation and participated in the Australian Educators Forum held in Philippines on February 11–14, 2003.
Farooq was appointed to the Law and Justice Commission of Pakistan and Chairman, Committee of administration, al-Mizan Foundation in August 2005.