Malala urges Pakistan, India to spend on children's education
In an interview to state broadcaster PTV along with her father and mother in the United Kingdom, she invited both the Prime Minister of Pakistan and India yet again to attend the award ceremony of Nobel Peace Prize to be held in December.
Malala said that she will spend her share of the $1.1 million prize money on educational projects in Pakistan, and set up a high quality school in Pakistan.
She insisted that the focus should be on educating girls, and believed that she has gained enough experience to continue advocating and urging people to invest in education.
"We have to work together, as 57 million children are still out of school in Pakistan. My dream is that every Pakistani child should get good quality education," she added.
Clearly, Malala was not expecting to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
"I was in my chemistry class and the teacher told me that I have won the Nobel Peace Prize,” she recalled. “All teachers and students gathered in the school assembly and I nervously made a little speech before them.”
"When I started working for education, my first project was a school for working children in Swat," she revealed while talking about the Malala Fund. “The aim of Malala Fund is that children in Pakistan get education facilities.”
Malala emphasised that her goal is to convince everybody to invest in education and that in her meetings with global leaders including President Barack Obama and Queen Elizabeth, she has been persuading them to invest and focus on education.
To a question about her stay in the United Kingdom, Malala stressed, "it’s true that I live abroad but my heart and mind is in Pakistan."
She said her soul is in Swat and she is hopeful to go back to Pakistan and join politics.
"My vision is to create awareness and resolve problems of the people. I want to start politics at local level and then move to the national and international level after gaining experience," she enlightened.
Malala advised all political parties to work for the progress and prosperity of Pakistan.
"We should work collectively, and have to be united. The aim of political parties should be to provide basic facilities like food and education to the people," remarked Malala.
"International community wants to focus on education in a sustainable manner due to my efforts," she underscored.
Malala's father Ziauddin Yousafzai congratulated Pakistani nation for winning the Nobel prize and said he always told school going girls in Swat to pursue their dreams.
He requested people not to blindly follow those who have biased opinions against the family.
Malala's mother Taur Pakai, stated that every girl is like Malala and should be supported. She declared that she missed Pakistan so much that the family was living in England because of Malala. "Our life revolves around Malala," she added.
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57 million out of schoo children in pakistan in population of 200 million?? has pakistan been sleeping all these years??
Malala should clarify her affinity to bracket India with Pakistan especially as she is an unknown entity in India and we do not have Taliban here who shoot little girls in their head for seeking an education. To request Modi for her award ceremony which in fact is being hosted by someone else when her co-prize winner has declined to do the same shows that her head is up in the clouds. Then in her next breath she says she wants to spend her share of the prize money on Pakistan, so then again the question comes up: Malala, why drag India in your statements when you clearly have no stake here?
What work is she doing in UK ? girls in UK/USA are already studying. Its only in poor countries, girls are not able to go to schools...shouldn't she be at such poor countries working there instead of giving sermons?
She told Obama to send books instead of bombs, does she know how much US spends on education aid? Does she believe ISIS can be stopped by sending books which ISIS will anyway burn?
Most Nobel peace winners worked in the poor countries , they did not give lectures sitting from Western countries. I am told she is now worth 3 million dollars. I do not think any of her family who miss swat and Pakistan so much will come back before they become UK citizens.
I understand my views are too strong and harsh on a kid only really wants an education, but this kid has became like Kim Kardashians, a celebrity who gives out sermons and sweet talk to be in the news.
I think Malala is beginning to talk too much and someone else is feeding her words too big for her mouth. Other than that, I salute her courage, bravery, and her crusade for girl education.
I think she is the leader Pakistan has been waiting for.