M.A. Farooqi is recorded as a Pakistani student enrolled on the Architectural Association’s six-month, post-graduate course, within the Department of Tropical Architecture, in 1958-59. Prior to attending the AA, he was working as a partner in Farooqi Brothers, Architects, Engineers and Builders by 1952, based on the Bundar Road, Karachi (now the Muhammad Ali Jinnah Road) and had already gained a Diploma in Architecture. Upon his graduation from the AA, Farooqi returned to Karachi and appears to have set up his own practice, M.A. Farooqi and Co. Incorporated Architects and Engineers, based on Elphinstone Street (now Zaibunnisa Street), Karachi, by 1968.

Sources

• Architectural Association Council Minutes Books, 23rd February, 1959, p317, AA Archives
• Architectural Association Membership List, 1961
• Ansari’s Trade Directory of Pakistan and Who’s Who, 1952.  p227
• Pakistan National Assembly Debates: Official Report, Vol. 1, Issues 30-44, 1968, p2673.