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Pak teen activist Malala's family had rejected security offers: Rehman Malik

Peshawar, Thu, 11 Oct 2012 ANI

Peshawar, Oct. 11 (ANI): Pakistan Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that young peace activist Malala Yousafzai had been offered security thrice, but it was refused by her family.

"The IGP, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, offered security to Malala thrice but her family refused it. The family probably didn't know how important she was," The News quoted Malik, as saying.

Malala, 14, who earned international fame for raising voice against Taliban oppression in Swat, was shot in the neck and head and two other girls sustained injuries when the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) opened fire on their school van in Swat valley on Tuesday.

The TTP said they had shot her because she had "promoted secularism", and that they would target her again if she survives.

Malik further said he has now ordered the authorities to provide security to the family even if they don't accept it.

"An air ambulance has reached the Bacha Khan International Airport on the directives of President Asif Ali Zardari but the doctors did not advise shifting Malala abroad. She will be shifted overseas once the doctors permit it," he added.

Malala, a National Peace award winner, became the voice of all the girls in Swat when she began maintaining a diary on the website of the BBC under the pen name of "Gul Makai". (ANI)


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