Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai is back in Pakistan after four years to visit flood-ravaged parts of the country and extend support as Pakistan recovers from what has been termed a climate catastrophe.
She arrived in Karachi on Tuesday, two days after the 10th anniversary of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attack on her in 2012. This is her second trip to Pakistan since then.
According to a statement by her non-profit organization, Malala Fund, the aim of her visit is to ‘help keep international attention focused on the impact of floods in Pakistan’ as well as ‘reinforce the need for critical humanitarian aid’.
The education activist will be taken to areas affected by the floods in Dadu under strict security. The Sindh Home Department has made arrangements to provide Malala with strict security and a special unit of the police has been tasked with ensuring fool-proof security.
The Malala Fund issued an emergency relief grant to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) for the psychosocial rehabilitation of women in flood-hit areas of Balochistan and Sindh earlier. The IRC will also repair and rehabilitate 10 damaged girls’ government school buildings to ensure girls can return to school as quickly as possible, a statement said.
She arrived in Karachi on Tuesday, two days after the 10th anniversary of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) attack on her in 2012. This is her second trip to Pakistan since then.
According to a statement by her non-profit organization, Malala Fund, the aim of her visit is to ‘help keep international attention focused on the impact of floods in Pakistan’ as well as ‘reinforce the need for critical humanitarian aid’.
The education activist will be taken to areas affected by the floods in Dadu under strict security. The Sindh Home Department has made arrangements to provide Malala with strict security and a special unit of the police has been tasked with ensuring fool-proof security.
The Malala Fund issued an emergency relief grant to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) for the psychosocial rehabilitation of women in flood-hit areas of Balochistan and Sindh earlier. The IRC will also repair and rehabilitate 10 damaged girls’ government school buildings to ensure girls can return to school as quickly as possible, a statement said.