Industries, Labour, Transport, Mines and Minerals of Sindh from 1999 to 2004.

[citation needed] Farooqui was the Provincial Minister for the Local Bodies.

Industries, Labour, Transport, Mines & Minerals of Sindh from 1999 to 2003 during Musharraf regime.

[2] In March 2005, he was awarded the Sitara-i-Imtiaz by then President of Pakistan Pervez Musharraf.

[2] Farooqui was made the Provincial Finance Minister in the caretaker setup in Sindh in 2007.