Qurrat-ul-Ain received a bachelors degree in environmental science from the International Islamic University, Islamabad. She later did a masters in the same subject from the National University of Science and Technology (NUST), Islamabad. She has earlier worked as a research assistant at the Rural Development Policy Institute (RDPI), a non-government organisation based in Islamabad, Punjab’s Environment Protection Department and NUST. Her research work has been published by Think Asia, a knowledge sharing platform working in Asia and Pacific regions.