Malala returns to Pak since Taliban attack

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Press Trust of India Islamabad
Last Updated : Mar 29 2018 | 10:30 AM IST

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest ever Nobel Laureate, today arrived in Pakistan, six years after she was shot in head by the Taliban militants for advocating for girls education.

Malala, now 20 and a vocal human rights activist, was shot by a gunman for campaigning for female education in 2012 in Pakistan's Swat Valley.

Accompanied by her parents, Malala was escorted through Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport under tight security,

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First Published: Mar 29 2018 | 10:30 AM IST

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