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By IANS - ISLAMABAD
27th November 2012 11:30 AM
"We will defeat terrorism," teen peace activist Malala Yousufzai, currently recuperating in a British hospital after she was shot at by the Taliban, told journalist Hamid Mir after he escaped an attempt on his life Monday.
Malala, who is in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital, made her first telephone call to Mir, Geo News reported Tuesday.
"Malala
Yousafzai and her father just called me from UK and expressed their solidarity. Malala said that Insha Allah we will defeat terrorists," Mir
tweeted.
The anchor escaped an assassination attempt when police defused a bomb planted on the passenger side of his car in Islamabad.
Interior
Minister Rehman Malik has announced a reward of Rs.50 million for credible information regarding the attempt on the journalist's life.
Malala,
the 15-year-old who became a symbol of resistance of Taliban's anti girl education stand, was shot in the head Oct 9. She came to prominence
in 2009 at the age of 11, when she started writing a diary for BBC Urdu
about life under the Taliban.
Malala is currently undergoing treatment in Britain and recovering. The Taliban said they had targeted her for promoting secularism.
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Comments(2)
Hats off to Malala!It is the rarest of rare news from Pakistan. The whole world lauds her courage. But the real noteworthy feature is her intelligence.Normally they say of such person as one who has thought beyond her age.For Malala we should say she has thought beyond her generation.The time is not for off when even the Talibans come to realize the fact that if a girl is educated her family gets educated.Another point is,her shooters should bear in mind that any noble concept or social cause doesn't depend upon guns for its survival.
Posted by KALLAN KRISHNARAJ at 11/28/2012 22:05 Reply to this Report abuse
Malala is courageous for her age but she had already risked her life for the education of women.She needs to mobilize public opinion in this regard and consolidate it.It is a long drawn process of many years.She should first get completely well;grow in years and maturity;guard herself from the possibility of being bumped off by swearing Talibans and spearhead the movement for education of girls to its logical conclusion.Until then it would do well for her to underplay her public statements of solidarity.Without public cooperation and active involvement she could not register any progress in her campaign.She should not forget the saying that " discretion is the better part of valour ".
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