Regaining senses: Doctors hopeful as Malala starts feeling pain

Doctors were hopeful as 14-year-old child activist Malala Yousufzai, attacked by the Taliban, felt pain – a sign of recovery for someone who is on a ventilator – on Saturday, Express News quoted hospital sources as saying.

Since Malala is under medication, her senses were not active and this development was welcomed by doctors.

“(The) health condition of Malala continues to remain satisfactory. Her vitals are okay and she is still on ventilator,” the military said in an update.

“A board of doctors is continuously monitoring her condition,” it added.

After Malala was shot in the head by the Taliban, the doctors who performed surgery on her had expressed fear of a possibility of slight brain damage. However, all of her medical reports came out clear.

Earlier, doctors had said that Malala had a 70 per cent chance of survival and despite improvement, was seriously ill.

Five men detained in Malala investigations

Five more men, including an Afghan national, were arrested on Saturday from the Akbarpura area of Nowshera for the investigation of an attack on Malala, reported DawnNews.

The men detained by security forces on a tip-off included three brothers Inam, Abdul Haadi and Obaidur Rehman and two others, including an Afghan refugee.

The security officials raided a mosque and then a house, where the suspects were detained.

The number of people arrested in the investigation has reached 200, which includes a woman.

District Police Officer (DPO) Swat Gul Afzal Khan Afridi claimed that the mastermind behind the attack on Malala was a man named Ataullah.

Afzal stated that Ataullah hails from Swat’s Sangota region from where police and security forces had detained a number of individuals.

He said that the detainees were shifted to an undisclosed location for an inquest and that they will be brought before the public soon.