Mr. Muhammad Farooq Mazhar is an officer in the Police Service of Pakistan, holding the rank of Additional Inspector General. With 31 years of experience, he has served in a variety of field and staff roles in both federal and provincial governments in Pakistan. He has held positions such as District Police Officer and Regional Police Officer in various districts and divisions of Punjab. At other command assignments in police, he headed various functional units and wings e.g operations, elite police, special branch, traffic, finance and welfare etc. He also commanded an intelligence agency in Punjab and worked for private sector before joining service.

He holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Government College Lahore, a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Punjab University, and Master’s degree in Information Security/Cybercrime from London University. He was part of the 100th National Management Course from National School of Public Police Lahore in 2014. To keep himself up-to-date, he completed various online courses in public policy, governance, financial technology, information technology, and well-being sciences from prestigious institutions such as Harvard University, Pennsylvania University, Yale University, and the World Bank.

 He has visited various countries e.g USA, China, Sweden, Turkiye, Russia and Kazakhstan etc in connection with official study tours, delegations and training. His areas of interests include economics, finance, technology, public policy, police reforms, and governance.