WASHINGTON: Former secretary of state Hillary Clinton remains the woman most admired by Americans, followed by television icon Oprah Winfrey and Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai, polling agency Gallup said on Monday. Clinton, a likely 2016 US presidential candidate, won the ...
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LONDON: Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai said she was “heartbroken” by the “senseless” killing of more than 100 schoolchildren on Tuesday in Peshawar. “I am heartbroken by this senseless and cold blooded act of terror in Peshawar,” she said in a ...
Read More »Malala Yousafzai, a global icon of girls’ education
ISLAMABAD: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl campaigner who survived a Taliban murder attempt last year, has become a global icon of the struggle for girls’ education and peace. In her courageous recovery from being shot in the head by a ...
Read More »Canadian director films ‘The Girl from Paradise’
By: Fazal Khaliq MINGORA: When director Mohsin Abbas saw the attack on then 15-year-old Malala Yousafzai, he knew he had to fly down to Swat to first find out and then tell her story to the world. The Canadian-based director ...
Read More »Malala supports talks with Taliban
LONDON: Malala Yousufzai said on Monday she hoped to become a politician to “change the future of my country”. The 16-year-old, whose continued fight for all children to go to school has made her a favourite for the Nobel peace ...
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