The pioneer of the plastic industry in Bangladesh, HAKS Industries Ltd., was established by Late Mr. Quazi Fazlul Haq in 1979 in Tongi, Gazipur. He started the project in one of the early industrial estates located adjacent to the nation’s capital. He was a outstandingly gifted entrepreneur, a senior executive in industry, a humanitarian and a philanthropist.

Late Mr. Haq graduated with a Master’s in Business Administration (MBA) in 1965 from Institute of Business Administration (IBA) at the University of Karachi, one of the oldest Business schools of the then undivided Pakistan and one of the oldest business schools outside North America. He started off his career at Atlas Honda Company joining the corporation’s sister concern, Atlas Epak Ltd., located in Bangladesh. Following the Liberation War of Bangladesh, Atlas Epak Ltd. became the Atlas Bangladesh Ltd.; and ABL was nationalized and placed under Bangladesh Steel & Engineering Corporation (BSEC), of the Ministry of Industries. Late Mr. Haq continued to work in the Management of ABL until 1973. In the years following post ABL, Mr. Haq joined to work at various Government-owned corporations of Bangladesh including Bangladesh Sugar Mills Corporation (BSMC) and Bangladesh Food & Allied Industries Corporation (BFAIC) through the 1970s before he decided to quit government sector and establish HAKS. Late Mr. Quazi Fazlul Haq was a clairvoyant visionary. He observed that Bangladesh did not have access to quality plastic consumer goods which would aid in improving the quality of life of the people of Bangladesh. Post World War II, the world outside Bangladesh oversaw a great expansion of the plastics industry everywhere around the world through the 20th century. That was because the need to preserve scarce natural resources made the production of synthetic alternatives a priority. Plastics became the leading substitute as a result.  

This observation of a national shortfall of this immensely globally popular product prompted Mr. Haq to establish one of the first generations plastics industries in the country. Starting with a single product, he expanded his business to have a huge portfolio of consumer and industrial products, commanding the leading market share through the 1980s and 1990s serving Bangladesh household needs from coast to coast. Late Mr. Quazi Fazlul Haq was a forerunner founder of the Bangladesh Plastics Manufacturers Association; represented the country in numerous delegations to foreign nations; and was honored as one of the star attractions at the annual export fairs till his death.

Beyond industry, late Quazi Fazlul Haq was an extraordinary humanitarian and a champion for higher education for the common person.  He donated land and constructed the facilities to establish the Sonargaon Quazi Fazlul Haq Women’s University College, the first of its kind to give access to higher education post high school to the local women of Sonargaon.  Late Mr. Haq was also a pioneer founding trustee of the Independent University of Bangladesh (IUB), the first private university of the nation. In addition, he was an active member of the Rotary Club and the President of Rotary Club of Dhaka North where he spearheaded numerous eye surgery clinics, blood drives and other humanitarian initiatives.