Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for Muslim girls' education summit

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Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai arrives at an international summit on girls’ education in Islamabad.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said she was "honoured” and “overwhelmed" as she arrived back in her native Pakistan Saturday to attend a summit on girls' education in the Muslim world. The summit was snubbed by Afghanistan, where girls are banned from attending school.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai arrived in Pakistan to join the country's prime minister as he launched a global conference to promote girls' education in the Muslim world.

The summit has brought together education leaders from Muslim-majority countries, but has been snubbed by Pakistan's neighbour Afghanistan -- the only country in the world where girls are banned from school.

"The Muslim world including Pakistan faces significant challenges in ensuring equitable access to education for girls," Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif said at the opening of the summit, backed by the Muslim World League.

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"Denying education to girls is tantamount to denying their voice and their choice, while depriving them of their right to a bright future."

Yousafzai, who was shot by Pakistan Taliban militants in 2012 when she was a schoolgirl, is due to address the conference on Sunday.

(AFP)


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