HUJRA is a not-for-profit development oriented company with no political and ethnic affiliations. The organization was established in 1997 and got registered in 1998 under the Societies Registration Act of 1860. In 2019 the organization was incorporated as a not for profit company with the Securities and Exchange Commission of Pakistan (SECP).

The organization is led by eminent development and humanitarian practitioners, dedicated to the social and economic well-being of individuals and communities. HUJRA provide services as implementing organization which designs and implements various developmental and humanitarian projects with the financial and technical support of national and international donors and UN agencies. HUJRA is distinguished by its professional commitment to ensure sustenance of marginalized and vulnerable segments of society for poverty alleviation and social justice.