Tag: Malala

Malala hails PM announcement for increase in education budget

Pakistani teenage education activist Malala Yousafzai has welcomed announcement by government that education’s share in national budget will be increased to 4 per cent...

Om Puri to play General Kayani in Malala biopic

Om Puri has revealed that he will be starring as General Kayani in an upcoming Malala Yousafzai biopic. Kayani, the chief of army staff,...

Malala is sorry!

Malala Yusufzai apologises for using Prophet (PBUH)’s incomplete name in her book Malala Yusufzai has publicly apologised over using the incomplete name for the Prophet...

UN Human Rights Prize conferred on Malala at impressive ceremony

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani student activist, on Tuesday received the 2013 United Nations Human Rights Prize through a representative at the General Assembly's commemorative...

Pakistanis are resilient people, says Malala

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, an icon for children’s right to education, has said the people of Pakistan are very hospitable and they always come...

Malala Yousafzai among winners of 2013 UN human rights prize

Malala Yousafzai, a well-known Pakistani student activist, is among the winners of the 2013 United Nations Human Rights Prize, it was announced Friday. The prize,...

Malala all smiles as she meets Queen Elizabeth

Malala Yousafzai was reduced to fits of laughter on Friday as she met Queen Elizabeth II and her husband Prince Philip at the Buckingham...

I am no Western puppet: Malala

Malala Yousafzai hit back at claims that she has become a figure of the West, insisting she was proud to be a Pakistani. The 16-year-old,...

‘Gul Makai’ fails to grab Nobel but wins rare political support...

Though Malala Yousafzai, the wonder girl who fought against tyranny and suppressive rule of terror for the right of education for women in her...

Malala wants to be Pakistan’s prime minister some day

Teenage rights activist Malala Yousafzai told an audience in New York Thursday that she would like to become prime minister of Pakistan to “save”...

Bakhtawar wants Malala as her future PM

The daughter of former prime minister Benazir Bhutto and former president Asif Ali Zardari, Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari has shown her support for Malala Yousafzai...

No Nobel for Malala: Disappointed, but nomination an honour for all...

The chairman PTI, Imran Khan expressed disappointment over brave young Pakistani Malala Yusufzai not receiving the Nobel Peace Prize; but Khan said that even...

Malala has done ‘nothing’ to earn rights prize: Taliban

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan on Thursday said Malala Yousafzai had done "nothing" to deserve the prestigious EU rights award and vowed to try again to...

I don’t deserve Nobel yet, says Malala

Malala Yousafzai, the teenage activist nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, says she has not done enough to deserve the award, as her old...

Malala relives horror of Taliban shooting in autobiography

Malala Yousafzai tells of the moment she was shot by the Taliban for campaigning for girls' education in her new autobiography out Tuesday, amid...

TTP issues fresh threat to Malala

The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has issued a fresh threat to kill Malala Yousafzai, almost a year to the day since two assassins failed in their...

We must talk to the Taliban to get peace: Malala

Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani teenager, shot in the head by the Taliban for championing girls' rights to education has said talks with the militants...