She was named by her father Late Shamsul Ulama (Sun of Scholar) Mawlana Naseer Ahmed Khan, a graduate from Aligarh Muslim University in India, double gold medalists.
in last decade of 17th century Nazia's grand father came from Persia for business trade and spread education in India, later he settled in Southern part of Shabazpur a remote village of Hizla-Muladi of Barisal under Mughals.
[4] She worked over a long period as a lecturer and later as an assistant professor in Eden Girls' College and the University of Dhaka in Bangladesh.
She has extensive senior management experience with five English local authorities (Ealing, Tower Hamlets, Bedfordshire, GLC and ILEA).
[15] Published in March 2008, the study found that support organisations in Luton were approached with enquiries about forced marriage more than 300 times each year.
[18][19][20] In 2006, Khanum was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2006 New Year Honours for her services to equal opportunities and community relations.