PAKISTAN: Pakistani students proud of young Nobel laureate

Record ID: 349992

  • Title: PAKISTAN: Pakistani students proud of young Nobel laureate
  • Date: 11th October 2014
  • Summary: KARACHI , PAKISTAN (OCTOBER 11, 2014) (REUTERS) STUDENTS WALKING INTO A SCHOOL NAMED AFTER NOBEL PEACE LEAUREATE MALALA YOUSAFZAI SIGNBOARD READING (English): "MALALA YOUSAFZAI GOVERNMENT GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL" SMALL GIRLS WALKING TOWARDS SCHOOL STUDENTS STANDING FOR EARLY MORNING ASSEMBLY STUDENTS SINGING NATIONAL ANTHEM STUDENTS OFFERING PRAYERS A STUDENT PRAYING, SAYIN
  • Embargoed: 26th October 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Pakistan
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA3KKSD1GUKILVOYAW72KM1W1WP
  • Story Text: A day after Malala Yousafzai was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, people in Pakistan continued to rejoice that a young woman from their conservative country had won global recognition for fighting for women's right to education.
    Malala,17, and Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian child rights campaigner, jointly won the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday (October 10), a symbolic win for both nuclear rivals, India and Pakistan, at a time of growing tensions between the two neighbours.
    Malala became globally known in 2012 when Taliban gunmen almost killed her by shooting her in the head for her passionate advocacy of women's right to education.
    Students attending a school in Karachi named after the young Nobel laureate were happy and proud of her.
    During their morning assembly, they offered special prayers for Malala.
    "We are happy that Malala received the Nobel award. It is a cause of pride for us, and also for our school that Malala won the Nobel award," said school girl Tooba Omar.
    "She has earned the Nobel prize because she was not deterred by bullets. She continued her education, and has therefore, finally landed the Nobel prize. I want other girls to follow in her footsteps," said school teacher Mudassira Ateeq.
    She was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize on Friday (October 10), prompting people in her native Pakistani valley of Swat to celebrate. Many saw her as a woman who had become an icon for the global fight to give women more rights.
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