Career
He is the chairman of the Awami Action Committee, one of the two key factions of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, a "grassroots coalition" of pro-Pakistan and pro-freedom parties in Jammu and Kashmir. He has constantly tried to raise awareness about the Kashmir issue internationally. He was also shown among the Asian Heroes by the Times magazine.
He maintains that dialogue must take place with India and Pakistan, so long as the Kashmiri aspirations are heard as well.
Before joining Kashmir politics, Farooq was an alumnus of Burn Hall School in Srinagar. He had interests in computers and wanted to become a software engineer
He holds a Doctor of Philosophy. in Islamic Studies from Kashmir University.
