Monazza Aslam

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Monazza Aslam is an Education Economist. A Rhodes Scholar from Pakistan, Monazza completed her Dphil. from the University of Oxford in 2006 and has since been working in education in Pakistan and other contexts at the University of Oxford. She currently heads an education consultancy firm, OPERA in the UK, which undertakes research on education themes globally.

Pakistan deploys thousands of security forces ahead...

Authorities in Pakistan's capital blocked main access routes to the city with double-stacked shipping containers Thursday ahead of a weekend demonstration by supporters of jailed former prime minister Imran Khan.

Iran’s Pezeshkian accuses Trump of ‘bullying mentality,’...

Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian accused US President Donald Trump of a "bullying mentality" at the United Nations on Wednesday

PM Shehbaz ‘terrific’, Pakistan ‘great country’, says...

President Donald Trump has yet again praised the Pakistani leadership, this time at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA)

Trump threatens Iran with ‘hell’ but reveals...

President Donald Trump revealed that US and Iranian officials held talks Tuesday for the first time in months, even as he told the United Nations he was still deciding whether to "annihilate" Iran.

Oil prices fall after Trump hails ‘good’...

Oil prices fell on Wednesday after President Donald Trump said US and Iranian representatives had met for "very good" talks at the United Nations.

Trump praises leftist Mamdani after meeting in...

President Donald Trump heaped praise Monday onto New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani as the pair set aside their political differences to discuss immigration enforcement and a multi-billion dollar housing project.

Despite military might, Saudi struggles to crush...

Saudi Arabia has deep pockets and cutting-edge weapons yet for more than a decade it has been unable to quash Yemen's battle-hardened Houthis.

Iran foreign minister arrives in New York...

Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi  arrived in New York ahead of President Masoud Pezeshkian's expected arrival on Tuesday for the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations, Iranian state media reported.