Heinous terror: Prayers offered for Malala Yousafzai

BAHAWALPUR: Workers of several political parties and business organisations lighted candles and prayed to show solidarity with Malala Yousafzai and offered prayers for her on Friday. Talking to the media, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz MNA Parveen Masood said the attack on Yousafzai was shameful. She said Yousafzai was a brave girl who had stood for Swat’s girls. PTI leader Sheikh Abbas said everybody would pray for her recovery. PPP leader Safdar Shahbaz said Yousafzai was a brave girl.Jamaat-i-Islami leader Waseem Akhter said he was proud of Yousafzai. The Cholistan Development Council president condemned the terrorists who had attacked Yousafzai.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 13^th, 2012.