Malala to visit the Peshawar school Attack victim in Birmingham

Nawaz was flown to the UK on Thursday evening to receive treatment on his arm

As Army Public School (APS) attack survivor Ahmed Nawaz is shifted to Birmingham for further treatment, he will receive an unlikely visitor, Malala Yousufzai.

A Twitter account for the teenage child rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner's organistaion, Malala Fund, tweeted on Thursday that the teenager will visit the injured Nawaz.

https://twitter.com/MalalaFund/status/565889064227069952

Nawaz, a student of ninth grade, was shot by the Taliban gunmen who attacked the Army Public School on December 16th, killing 150 people which included 132 children.

He was flown to the UK on Thursday evening to receive treatment for his injured arm. Two doctors from Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) are accompanying Nawaz, during the flight, for his assistance.

Doctors at LRH had advised Nawaz's parents to shift him to another facility as his could not be treated at the hospital and it was feared that the young student may lose his limb.

Following the advise of LRH doctors, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif had approved Rs30.6 million for his treatment abroad.

Malala, who hails from Swat, knows some of what Nawaz may be going through. After she was shot in the head by the Taliban in October 2012, she too had to be shifted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham for treatment.