The pride of Pakistan, the youngest Nobel Laureate and human rights activist Malala Yousafzai comes home overwhelmed with emotions of joy and sorrow
Lahore (Pakistan Point News - 29th Mar, 2018 ) The pride of Pakistan, the youngest Nobel Laureate and human rights activist Malala Yousafzai comes home overwhelmed with emotions of joy and sorrow.
This is her first visit to Pakistan since the heartless terrorists shot at the then 15-year-old Malala for the highly ‘sinful’ act of advocating girls’ education in Swat Valley. But not only did she survive this attack, she retaliated with even more resilience and courage.
This gave her global attention and she became an international figure – an activist advocating women and child rights on international forums.
Her efforts were not only recognized at home but she was applauded internationally as well. In 2013, she won the United Nations Human Rights Prize, awarded every five years. She appeared on the cover of Times magazine and was named in the magazine’s list of most influential people in 2013.
Not only this, she was awarded the Nobel Peace prize in 2014 in recognition of her efforts to advocate children’s rights, making her the youngest Nobel Laureate. If that was not enough to bring a good name and pride to Pakistan, her book Gul Makai became an international bestseller.
But like anybody who manages to get such recognition, Malala too was criticized, being called as a Western agent and what not. There have always been speculations that Malala would not return to Pakistan but here she is, landing at the Islamabad airport, silencing all those who doubted her intentions.
The heartening speech Malala gave on her homecoming not only got her into tears but the rest of the nation as well, and the same country now feels proud enough to call her ‘daughter of the nation’.
Twitter is also welcoming her in its own warm way, making #MalalaYousafzai the top trend in Pakistan. This is how some of the people welcomed her home:
Yes, we all are happy on her return.
She is always welcomed to the place where she belongs and the place that will always own her. She is an accomplished lady now and the nation couldn’t be happier at the moment because there is a Malala in each one of us and we all are ready to fight the evils persisting in society – we just need to stand up and speak against them!
