Malala book launch stopped at Pak varsity

Last Updated: Tuesday, January 28, 2014, 14:44

A ceremony to launch teenage rights activist Malala Yousufzai`s book at a Pakistan university has been scrapped on the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government`s intervention on the grounds that it could not provide security for the event.

Naipaul, Malala among Britain`s most influential

Last Updated: Sunday, January 26, 2014, 21:20

Nobel Prize-winning Indian-origin author VS Naipaul and Pakistani teenage campaigner Malala Yousafzai have been named among Britain`s 500 most influential people across different fields.

Malala Yousafzai praises teenage Pakistani bomb hero Aitzaz Hassan

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 16:25

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in head by Taliban to champion girls` education, paid tribute to teenager killed stopping a suicide bomber from attacking a school.

My son is a martyr, proud of him: Aitzaz Hasan`s father

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 07:35

The `heroic` Pakistani teen Aitzaz Hasan who died foiling a suicide attack on his school has become a national hero and is being hailed world-wide.

Malala praises teenage Pakistani bomb hero

Last Updated: Saturday, January 11, 2014, 02:49

Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban to champion girls` rights to education, paid tribute on Friday to a teenager killed stopping a suicide bomber from attacking a school.

Malala Yousafzai expresses gratitude to UAE leader

Last Updated: Wednesday, January 1, 2014, 17:42

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani education activist attacked by the Taliban, has expressed her gratitude to Sheikh Mohamed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan for standing by her during her ordeal.

Nelson Mandela `my leader`, says Malala Yousafzai

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 19:42

Pakistani teen activist Malala Yousafzai, shot in the head by Taliban for campaigning for girl education in her country, Friday described former South African President Nelson Mandela as "my leader".

Malala awarded 2013 United Nations Human Rights Prize

Last Updated: Friday, December 6, 2013, 11:55

Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived a Taliban assassination attempt last year, has been awarded the 2013 UN Human Rights Prize.

Malala Yousafzai declared Britain`s most influential Asian

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 17:24

Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for girls` education, has been named as Britain`s most influential Asian by a weekly publication in London.

BJP`s PM candidate Narendra Modi shortlisted by Time for `Person of the Year’ title

Last Updated: Tuesday, November 26, 2013, 08:36

BJP`s Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi is among Time magazine`s shortlisted candidates for its `Person of the Year` title and has emerged as an early favourite among the readers in an online poll.

Malala Yousafzai gets EU`s Sakharov human rights prize

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 20, 2013, 19:17

Pakistani teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, who survived a Taliban assassination attempt last year, on Wednesday received the EU`s Sakharov human rights prize at a ceremony in Strasbourg.

Pakistani Taliban say chances of peace talks `below zero`

Last Updated: Saturday, November 9, 2013, 16:21

The Taliban have ruled out talks with the Pakistan government, saying the chances of negotiations after the killing of their leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike were "below zero".