Swat GOC visits Malala’s institution

Swat General Operational Commander (GOC) Major General Ghulam Qamar on Monday visited Khushal Public School where Malala Youzafzai, who won the prestigious International Children Peace Award, studies. She also became the first ever Pakistani girl to get the award. Qamar met Malala and announced Rs 1 million grant for up-gradation of her learning institute to a modern school. The army initiated construction work on a science laboratory, computer laboratory and library at Malala’s school at Landikhas. She championed the cause of the people of Swat and voiced their concerns against the Taliban by writing a diary for the BBC under a pseudonym. ”