Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai reaches Pakistan to visit flood victims  

Karachi: Malala Yousafzai, Nobel laureate and girls' education campaigner, has reached Pakistan on Tuesday (today) to visit the flood-affected regions of the country. 

Malala and her parents reached the coastal city via Qatar Airways' flight 604 and were taken to her residence under strict security measures. 

The peace prize winner will visit the flood-affected areas to raise international awareness regarding the devastation caused by climate change.  

This is her second visit to Pakistan after she moved to London following the attack on her. She last visited Pakistan in 2018. 

The Pakistani education rights icon has been running Malala Fund for flood sufferers. She issued an emergency relief grant in the first week of September to the International Rescue Committee (IRC). 

Malala is expected to announce assistance from the Malala Fund for those affected by the flooding. The funding includes emergency education services for girls so that they can continue their right to education. The fund will also repair the damage to the government schools.

In 2012, the now 24-year-old suffered bullet injuries and was admitted to the military hospital Peshawar but was later flown to London for further treatment. 

The shooting drew widespread international condemnation.

Malala was shot in the head at point-blank range by Taliban gunmen as she was returning from her school in the Swat Valley after she was targeted for her campaign against militants’ efforts to deny women education. 

She subsequently became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 17 for her education advocacy and became an internationally recognised symbol of resistance to the Taliban's efforts of denying women education and other rights. 

It is pertinent to mention here that her return comes a few days after the 10th anniversary of the day the Taliban shot her.  

Yousafzai’s native Swat Valley still sees occasional attacks, although the military largely has restored peace since retaking the area.