Malala Yousafzai

Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai visits Pakistan’s flood-hit areas
Her foundation says visit is ‘focused on impact of floods in Pakistan and reinforce need for critical humanitarian aid’.
Published On 12 Oct 2022
Malala returns to home town where she was attacked
More than five years after being shot by Taliban gunmen, education rights icon returns to meet family and friends.
Published On 31 Mar 2018
Malala returns home for first time since shooting
Education and rights activist, targeted by Taliban, meets the prime minister as she begins her trip amid tight security.
Published On 29 Mar 2018
Video Duration 02 minutes 32 seconds
Malala Yousafzai made an honorary Canadian citizen
The advocate for girls’ right to education worldwide is only the sixth person to ever receive the symbolic title.
Published On 13 Apr 2017

The highest honour given to a citizen by the UN, Yousafzai received the award to promote girls education.

The rights of the world’s most vulnerable and the most desolate girls must be championed and made real.

Police declare acquittal of eight out of 10 men for 2012 attack, contradicting their previous convictions announcement.

Convicts sentenced to 25 years in jail for targeted attack on Nobel peace prize laureate when she was a student in 2012.

Pakistani schoolgirl shot for advocating right to education and Indian child-rights campaigner share award in Oslo.

Respected Pakistani rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner who has fought to promote schooling for girls.

Pakistani 17-year-old and Indian activist share peace award for “their struggle against the suppression of children”.

Some selections in the past have raised questions on the motivations behind the committee’s decisions.

Pakistan army says it has arrested 10 Taliban fighters suspected of shooting rights activist Malala Yousafzai.

Pakistani rights activist visits Nigeria to draw attention to over 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by armed group Boko Haram.

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