People across the country on Friday observed as a “day of prayer” for the 14-year-old rights activist Malala Yousufzai, who is in the critical care unit at a military hospital in Rawalpindi after being shot in the head during an assassination attempt by the Taliban.
Special prayers were offered mosques of across the country including twin cities Islamabad-Rawalpindi, Lahore, Karachi, Peshawar and others cities.
Special prayers were also offered during the morning assembly at all educational institutions for Malala and her two friends who were injured in Tuesday s attack.
In Lahore, over 50 clerics and scholars of the Sunni Ittehad Council issued a collective fatwa that described the attack on Malala as an un-Islamic act that violated Shariah.
Malala Yousufzai has been shifted to Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology in Rawalpindi. She is on ventilator in the children’s ITC.
DG ISPR has said next 24 hours are important for the life of Malala. He said surgery has been done to lessen the swelling in her brain, adding that the best doctors of the world were treating Malala.
Youm-e-Dua observed for early recovery of Malala
