After qualifying his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery from Khyber Medical College in Peshawar, he proceeded to United Kingdom for training in general surgery and was awarded "fellowship" from Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh in February 1979.
He had his initial schooling from a government high school in Peshawar and his premedical schooling from Edwards College, Peshawar. After returning to his native country, he continued his career at Ayub Medical College in Abbottabad, where he acceded to become a professor of surgery for seventeen years and held the chair of the department for eight years. During his service at this institution, he remained chief executive of the Ayub Teaching Institution for two tenures and held the position of principal and dean of Ayub Medical College until he retired from the institution.
Then, he was assigned as the principal of KUST Institute of Medical Sciences in Kohat.
He successfully developed the institution to get its recognition by the Pakistan Medical and Dental Council (PMDC) and Ministry of Health in a short time. He then joined Rehman Medical Institute at Peshawar as the head of department of surgery and project director for developing a new school of medicine by the name of Rehman Medical College.
The institute has been approved by Ministry of Health, Government of Pakistan and is affiliated with Khyber Medical University. Professor Mufti has been appointed as pioneer principal of Rehman Medical College.
Mufti also served as Dean for undergraduates at Khyber Medical University and for postgraduates at College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan (CPSP).
Tariq Mufti has also pioneered two research medical journals. The journal got its place on many of the world forums including getting indexed by Index Medicus and MEDLARS. lieutenant is one of the only four journals of the country to be accorded this status. He also founded KUST Medical Journal (KMJ) that got its place online as open access peer reviewed journal.
The journal was awarded recognition by many of the relevant international forums right after its first issue publication.
He serves as member editorial board in a few of the research medical journals of Pakistan including Pakistan Journal of Surgery and Journal of Social Policy. Tariq Mufti also served as a provincial coordinator of Community Oriented Medical Education (COME) project of World Health Organization and Ministry of Health. The community oriented undergraduate curriculum for Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery was developed, approved and announced for implementation by the President of Pakistan on October 11, 1999.
This curriculum formed the basis for adoption, development and implementation of similar curricula by many of the medical schools of the country. Tariq Saeed Mufti also trained various medical practitioners by conducting workshops over years.
His services were rewarded by CPSP by awarding him fellowship in 2001.
He has been nominated for the World Health Organization prize awards by Khyber medical University in 2010.
He was a founding member of Journal of Ayub Medical College (JAMC) where he remained its chief editor for nearly ten years.
