Washington: Terming it as an wake up call, Pakistan Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar, has said that Taliban attack on teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, could possibly be a turning point in her country. "Today, for us (Pakistan), it (attack on Malala) could be possibly a turning point. I would keep my fingers crossed on that. "And what we have in front of us is a war between two different...
09:20 AM, Oct 12, 2012
A 14-year-old girl who risked her life so she and her peers could attend school in Pakistan's Swat Valley is recovering from a gunshot wound has been moved to a military hospital in Rawalpindi. Doctors say Malala Yousufzai's condition is now stable. While doctors have removed the bullet from her head and say she is stable for now and they also shifted her to a Rawalpindi hospital for better care. ...
08:47 AM, Oct 12, 2012
Islamabad: Teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai, still critical after being shot in the head by the Taliban, was on Thursday airlifted to Pakistan's top army hospital in Rawalpindi for better post-surgery care as special prayers were offered across the nation for her quick recovery. Fourteen-year-old Malala, who was shot in the head by a Taliban fighter in Swat on Tuesday, was flown in a helicopter from a military hospital in...
08:52 PM, Oct 11, 2012
Islamabad: Pakistan's peace campaigner Malala Yousufzai, who was shot at by the Taliban, will not be sent abroad for treatment, said Interior Minister Rehman Malik. He added that her attackers have been identified. Malik said he was satisfied with her treatment by Pakistani doctors, reported Geo News from Peshawar. The interior minister said Malala's attackers had been identified and would be brought to justice. Malala was shot and seriously injured...
12:57 PM, Oct 11, 2012
Islamabad: "I was afraid of going to school because the Taliban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending schools," wrote Malala Yousufzai in her diary in 2009. The Pakistani teenager today recuperates in a hospital after being shot at by the Taliban. Malala wrote the diary for the BBC in Urdu under her pen name Gul Makai. The diary offers a peep into the mind of a young...
10:43 AM, Oct 11, 2012
Doctors have successfully removed the bullet lodged in the head of Malala Yousufzai, the 14-year-old activist who was shot by the Taliban on Tuesday. Malala is said to be out of danger and stable. Scores of people, mostly women, have been holding rallies to pray for the girl who spoke out against the Taliban. US President Obama too has called the attack on her disgusting. Meanwhile, Minister Rehman Malik says ...
10:18 AM, Oct 11, 2012
The shooting of Malala Yousufzai on Tuesday in Mingora in the volatile Swat Valley horrified Pakistanis across the religious, political and ethnic spectrum. Many in the country hoped the attack and the outrage it has sparked will be a turning point in Pakistan's long-running battle against the Taliban. Is Taliban more powerful than the Pakistani government? Join CNN-IBN's Suhasini Haidar for an informed perspective in World View on Friday at ...
09:27 AM, Oct 11, 2012
In a never-before-seen interview with CNN's Reza Sayah in 2011, Malala Yousafzai explained why she decided to stand up against the Taliban. The 14-year-old activist was shot by the Taliban on Tuesday. Malala is said to be out of danger and stable. Meanwhile, scores of people - mostly women - have been holding rallies to pray for her recovery. Minister Rehman Malik claims that Malala's attackers have been identified and ...
08:58 AM, Oct 11, 2012
Washington: US President Barack Obama has termed the life threatening attack on 14-year-old Pakistani girl Malala Yousufzai by Taliban as reprehensible, disgusting and tragic and has offered assistance to Pakistan in this regard, his spokesman said. "I know that the President found the news reprehensible and disgusting and tragic. We strongly condemn the shooting of Malala Yousafzai," Jay Carney, the White House Press Secretary, said on Wednesday. Directing violence at...
07:58 AM, Oct 11, 2012
Islamabad: A day after a teenage rights activist was shot in the head by Taliban militants, Pakistan Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani on Wednesday condemned the attack on the girl as a "heinous act of terrorism" and warned that it had exposed the "extremist mindset" confronting the country. Kayani visited a military hospital in Peshawar to meet 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot and seriously injured by the...
05:11 AM, Oct 11, 2012
Islamabad: Schools shut their doors in protest and Pakistanis across the country held vigils on Wednesday to pray for a 14-year-old girl who was shot by a Taliban gunman after daring to advocate education for girls and criticize the militant group. The shooting of Malala Yousufzai on Tuesday in the town of Mingora in the volatile Swat Valley horrified Pakistanis across the religious, political and ethnic spectrum. Many in the...
02:40 AM, Oct 11, 2012
Dera: A 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner shot by the Taliban had defied threats for years, believing the good work she was doing for her community was her best protection, her father said on Wednesday. Malala Yousufzai was shot and seriously wounded on Tuesday as she was leaving her school in her hometown in the Swat valley, northwest of the capital, Islamabad. The Taliban claimed responsibility, saying her promotion of education...
10:49 PM, Oct 10, 2012
Islamabad: A group of doctors have successfully removed the bullet lodged near the spine of a 14-year-old Pakistani schoolgirl, who was attacked by Taliban for speaking out against the banned outfits' atrocities, her uncle said on Wednesday. Ahmed Shah, the uncle of Malala Yousufzai, told reporters in Peshawar that the surgery was conducted late on Tuesday night at a military hospital and that the bullet had been successfully removed. He...
11:51 AM, Oct 10, 2012
Islamabad: A 14-year-old Pakistani girl, who emerged as an unlikely champion of peace in the former Taliban stronghold of Swat, was seriously injured when a suspected militant attacked her car in the country's restive northwest on Tuesday. Malala Yousufzai, the first recipient of Pakistan's National Peace Award for Youth, was hit by at least two bullets when the gunman fired at her car in Swat, located 160 km from Islamabad....
02:48 PM, Oct 09, 2012
