Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani teenager ,was recently shot by the Taliban because she refused to abandon campaigning for girls’ education in the country. According to sources she is now a target for enemies and will have to live under tight security for the rest of her life.
This 15-year-old girl was shot in the head by a Taliban member as she was riding a bus home from school. Right now she being taken care of in a Britain hospital and is recovering quite well. Ever since the attack that occurred in October, there has been a campaign that has been started for her to win the Nobel Peace Prize.
Malala has said to her caretakers that she wants to return to her home country of Pakistan, but the Interior Minister Rehman Malik says that she will be a target and it will be quite unsafe for her to return. The Interior Minister has also said that the school that she used to attend in Mingora will still bear her name despite many people protesting that there may be attacks that could occur on the school. There are around 120 students that are protesting and are not attending school; they are also ripping up pictures of Malala Yousafzai to protest the renaming of Sadiu Sharif Girls College to Government P.G Malala Yousufzai. The students have given a three day deadline for the district to change the name of the school because they fear that they might face attack while Malala is completely safe in Britain.
The students say that they want the government to remove everything that bears her name because the Taliban are totally against Malala. They are out to destroy everything that has her name on it, including the girls’ college. Mr. Rehman Malik said that they will not change the name of the school because it is a tribute to honor her courage in the country. Mr. Malik has also said that he is very grateful to the British Government for being so kind and offering to treat her at the Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital. The doctors there are taking good care of her and will decide when it is appropriate to send her back to Pakistan.
Rehman Malik and the people of Pakistan are hopeful that when she gets better she will be able to move, walk, talk, and live a normal life. The only thing is that she will have to remain under tight security for the rest of her life, for the courageous act that she has committed. Ever since this attack, Malala has not just become popular in Pakistan, but she has gained a reputation as a hero all over the world. She is now an icon for the education of females and a role model for the country of Pakistan. This 15-year-old girl has shown a lot of courage that much older individuals are not even able to accomplish, and this is why she is an icon for many Pakistanis.
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