Malala Yousafzai awarded int’l peace prize

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A promising Khyber Pakhtunkhwa student, who boldly stood up for girls’ education in face of threats from the Taliban, has been awarded a runner up prize by Dutch organisation ‘KidsRights.’ Malala Yousafzai, a 13-year-old student of Swat Valley, has earned herself the ‘International Children’s Peace Prize’ instituted by the Dutch organisation. The award, according to a media release, is presented annually to an exceptional child, whose courageous or otherwise remarkable acts and thoughts have made a difference in countering problems, which affect children around the world. Malala was one of only five children chosen from a pool of 98 originally put forward by organisations and individuals from 42 different countries.

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