Malala arrives in flood solidarity visit

Nobel laureate returns to country to help raise international attention, humanitarian aid


October 11, 2022
Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai visited an elementary school in the Central District of Karachi. PHOTO: ANADOLU AGENCY

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KARACHI:

Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai on Tuesday returned to her native country to meet flood victims, 10 years after a Taliban assassination attempt against her.

Her visit -- only the second since she was flown to Britain for life-saving treatment -- comes as thousands of people protested in her hometown, where the same militant group is once again on the rise.

On Tuesday, she landed in Karachi, from where she will travel to areas devastated by unprecedented monsoon flooding.

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Her visit aims "to help keep international attention focused on the impact of floods in Pakistan and reinforce the need for critical humanitarian aid", her organisation Malala Fund said in a statement.

Pakistan’s Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai visited a school in the southern port city of Karachi on Tuesday, stressing the need for improvement in the quality of education, particularly for girls.

Yousafzai, who is also the “UN Messenger of Peace” with a special focus on girls’ education, visited an elementary school in the Central District of Karachi and remained there for an hour.

She will visit the flood-wrecked Dadu district and meet the victims on Wednesday.

Agencies

COMMENTS (5)

Sajan | 2 years ago | Reply Dear Sir flood mutasir k liye g0vt tenke k barabar b help nhn kar rahi flood ka pani tak awam apne kharche se nikalwaya he kch nikalwa rahe hen pakistan wahid asa mulk he jahan k0i qan0n nhn he sir gareeb 0r bebus l0g0n k liye hi qanun bana he
test | 2 years ago | Reply Malala arrived in Pakistan Congratulations Pakistan has become superpower and the financial center of the world. Our gdp has hit 100 trillion dollars and our exports has hit 50 trillion dollars while our gdp per capita has hit 1 million dollar. Enjoy relax and chill but wait we have been relaxing and chilling from the past 75 years so what s new
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