• On 23-11-1978, enrolled as an Advocate District Courts by Sindh Bar Council at Karachi.
• On 31-12-1980, enrolled as an Advocate High Courts.
• Practicing as an Associate with Late Mr. Z.U. Ahmed Advocate as well as an independent counsel on both criminal and civil side.

• In November 1983 qualified examination of Civil Judges conducted by the Sindh Public Service Commission and appointed as a Civil Judge & 1st Class Magistrate; took charge on 04.03.1984 at Taluka Gari Yasin, District Shikarpur and on further transfer posted at District Headquarter Thatta, District Jacobabad Headquarter, District Hyderabad Headquarter and lastly at District Mirpurkhas City @ Sindh Province.
• On promotion as a Senior Civil Judge/Assistant Sessions Judge/Rent Controller posted at District Hyderabad Headquarter and Jacobabad Headquarter @ Sindh. On further promotion as an Additional District & Sessions Judge in the year 1995, posted at District Karachi (South); Shahdadpur and again back at Karachi District South; from where in the year 2000 transferred/posted in Ministry of Law Division on deputation, to the affairs of Federation.

• On Deputation, posted in the Ministry of Law, Justice & HR Division at Islamabad as Deputy Secretary Administration, Finance & Accounts and tendered legal opinions as well.
• On further promotion as District & Sessions Judge, posted as Joint Secretary (Opinion) and subsequently discharged enormous duties as a Joint Secretary Administration Law, Justice & HR Division at Islamabad; also performed functions as a Member of the Drug Appellate Board; dealt with Representations filed against the orders of Wafaqi Mohtasib & Tax Ombudsman, as well.
• Posted as Secretary/Head of Department in the office of Attorney General of Pakistan in Supreme Court Building at Islamabad.
• Simultaneously discharged duties as the Senior Consultant Law, Justice & HR Division.
• In November 2008 repatriated to the parent Department.

• On repatriation, posted as Project Director (Access to Justice Program), High Court of Sindh Completed 14 Judicial Complexes within the short span of nine months.Judicial Complexes at Tando Adam & Sehwan Sharif were inaugurated by the then Hon’ble Chief Justice of Pakistan Mr. Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhary.
• Supervised Plinth/Foundation of administration block work at High Court of Sindh at Karachi.
• Once again transferred to the affairs of the Federation and in the Year 2009, posted as Judicial Member Appellate Tribunal Inland Revenue (Former ITAT).
• Elevated to the Bench and took Oath on 27th June, 2012 as a Judge of the Sindh High Court; decided causes of different nature including Constitution Petitions, Criminal Appeals, Civil Cases/Appeals, Rent Matters etc at different Benches & Circuits Court @ Karachi, Hyderabad, Sukkar & Larkana; also acted as an Administrative Judge Anti-Terrorism Courts of Sindh for about 15 Months.
• On Superannuation, the legal fraternity both Bench & Bar had paid a rich tribute during a Full Court Reference held on 28th September 2017.

On 9th February, 2018,Justice Sh. Najam Ul Hasan the then  Chief Justice Federal Shariat Court (FSC), administered Oath to The Hon’ble Justice Syed Muhamad Farooq Shah as FSC Judge. Earlier, Mr. Mamnoon Hussain The President of Pakistan appointed Justice Syed Muhammad Farooq Shah as Judge Federal Shariat Court for three years on recommendation of Judicial Commission of Pakistan and parliamentary committee.Since last about two years Hon’ble Justice Syed Muhammad Farooq Shah has delivered a number of authoritative judgments as a judge Federal Shariat Court; many of them have been reported in the leading law journals of the country.

Members of committees

• Administration Committee
• Cleanness Committee
• Library Committee

Head of committees

• Promotion Committee (Head)
• Building Committee (Head)
• Transport Committee (Head)
• Purchase/Procurement Committee (Head)

• Attended Refresher Course/Training of Judicial Officers @ Pakistan Judicial Academy at Islamabad in The Year 1991-1992.
• Fundamentals of Electronic office from 16-04-2001 to 12-05-2001 at Islamabad, Pakistan Computer Bureau.
• Singapore Cooperation Program Training Awards at Singapore from 05 to 20 March, 2001, Conducted by Supreme Court, Singapore.
• Promoting the rule of law and strengthening the Criminal Justice System at the International Training Centers, SEOUL (South Korea), from 11 to 30th, October, 2001.
• DIAL (Development Of Internet For Asian Laws), Training on 9th and 10th May 2002 at COMSATS, Institute of Information Technology at Islamabad.
• Workshop on Computer Networking, Internet Firewall & Proxies Conducted By NIPA at Karachi from 18 to 22 March, 2002.
• Judicial Training Course for ADJ’s at Sindh Judicial Academy Karachi from 2nd July to 20th July 1995.
• Workshops on Anti-Terrorism Laws at Vienna, Austria and Berlin/Germany in September, 2008.
• Organized basic Computer Orientation Training Course at Sindh Judicial Academy from 20-02-2009 to 13-05-2009 for Judicial Officers.
• Course on ‘Mediation as an ADR Mechanism’ on December 20 & 21, 2010 at Sindh Judicial Academy, Karachi.