According to PTV, she was admitted in a private hospital in Lahore in critical condition owing to kidneys and diabetes- related ailments for some time, where she could not survive.
The death cause is said to be failure of kidneys.
She was born on February 21, 1944 in Lahore. She was the youngest of the three children of famed singer Noor Jehan and filmmaker, Syed Shaukat Hussain Rizvi.
Singing and music became Zille Huma's passion in the childhood which led her to get proper music training.
After failure of her marraige, Zille Huma later decided to pursue a musical career. She commenced formal education in music under Ghulam Mohammed, her mother's Ustad.