Huma Batool

Batool was born in Faisalabad, Pakistan, to Syeda Shakira, an educator, and Syed Ahzar Hassan, a landlord and businessman.[5] She is the youngest in her family with five older siblings.[6] Her grandfather Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah served in the Indian Civil Service and was a renowned Sufi. One of her grandfather’s brothers Syed Mazhar Ali Shah served as a fighter pilot in the British Royal Airforce before the partition of the subcontinent and another was the Commissioner of Dhaka.[6] Her grandparents migrated from Ludhiana and Jalandhar and her forefathers were settled in Shahpur, India.[7] She inherited land holdings and business capital from her paternal sources.

Batool was educated at Divisional Public School, Faisalabad.[6] Later she graduated from Kinnaird College for Women, Lahore[8] and completed a master's degree in English from Government College University, Lahore.[9] Several years later she also completed her MPhil degree in English Literature at Fatima Jinnah Women University, Rawalpindi.[10][11]

After several years working in an import business, Batool decided to build her own medicine manufacturing facility under the name of Vantage Laboratories Private Limited. She based the factory in a remote area with the intent of generating employment and development in the Faisalabad area.[12][13]