As Army Public School (APS) attack survivor Ahmed Nawaz is shifted to Birmingham for further treatment, Malala vows to pay him a visit very soon, according to sources.
A Twitter account for the teenage child rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner’s organisation, Malala Fund, tweeted on Thursday that the teenager will visit the injured Nawaz.
Malala to visit #AhmedNawaz, a 9th gr. student wounded in #APSPeshawar school attack. He’s being flown to a UK hospital for treatment today.— Malala Fund (@MalalaFund) February 12, 2015
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.Nawaz was flown to the UK on Thursday evening to receive treatment for his severely injured arm. Two doctors from Lady Reading Hospital (LRH) are accompanying Nawaz during his flight for his assistance.
Malala Yousafzai is a Pakistani activist for female education and the youngest-ever Nobel Prize laureate. She is known mainly for human rights advocacy for education and for women in her native Swat Valley in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan.