Malala Yousafzai tipped for top European peace prize

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 16:20

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani girl who was shot by the Taliban for promoting education for girls, was tipped to win this year`s Sakhorav peace prize.

Malala Yousafzai says she could not imagine hurting assailant even with needle

Last Updated: Wednesday, October 9, 2013, 12:08

Pakistan student and education activist Malala Yousafzai has said she has forgiven the terrorist, who shot her on her head last year, and would never want revenge on him as she believed in peace and mercy.

Malala`s father prepared to become a jihadi when young

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 18:29

The father of Malala Yousafzai once flirted with militancy and prayed for martyrdom, his daughter, who was shot in the head by Pakistani Taliban, has said.

I don`t cover my face, want to show my identity: Malala Yousafzai

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 17:57

Nobel Peace prize nominee, Malala Yousafzai, on Tuesday reportedly said that women should not wear veil in court or in any other place where it is required to reveal her identity.

Malala Yousafzai recounts Taliban shooting horror in autobiography

Last Updated: Tuesday, October 8, 2013, 16:51

The book describes Malala`s life under the Taliban`s brutal rule in northwest Pakistan`s Swat valley in the mid-2000s.

Malala Yousafzai talks peace as Taliban vows to attack her again

Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2013, 18:54

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai who was a year back shot at on her school bus after angering the Taliban with her brave and outspoken pleas for girls to be educated, on Monday while describing those horrific moments during an interview said that discussions with the Taliban were needed to achieve peace.

In Malala Yousafzai`s home, schoolgirls pray for her Nobel in secret

Last Updated: Monday, October 7, 2013, 12:16

In Malala Yousafzai`s home town in Pakistan, schoolfriends hope to see her win the Nobel Peace Prize this week -- but they dream in secret, under pressure from a society deeply ambivalent about the teenage activist.

Malala Yousafzai honoured at Harvard for humanitarian work

Last Updated: Sunday, September 29, 2013, 17:40

The Taliban is afraid of women`s power and the power of education, said Pakistani teenager activist Malala Yousafzai as she has been honoured by the prestigious Harvard University.

Malala Yousafzai gets Amnesty award, says education can win wars

Last Updated: Wednesday, September 18, 2013, 19:18

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen activist shot in the head last year by the Taliban for campaigning for girls` education, has received the highest honour conferred by rights group Amnesty International.

Malala, Snowden named for EU`s Sakharov prize

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 17, 2013, 11:19

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teen shot by the Taliban for championing girls` education, and US intelligence leaker Edward Snowden have been nominated for the European Parliament`s prestigious Sakharov human rights prize.

Malala Yousafzai opens Europe’s biggest library in UK

Last Updated: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 18:02

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani schoolgirl shot in the head in a failed assassination attempt by the Taliban, on Tuesday inaugurated Europe’s biggest public library in her newly adopted home of Birmingham.