Malala will "change the future of Pakistan"

“I will be a politician in my future. I want to change the future of my country and I want to make education compulsory,” says Malala Yosufzai.

In Malala's home town in Pakistan, school friends 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, who survived being shot by the Taliban on October 9 last year, has become a global ambassador for education, feted by celebrities and politicians around the Western world.

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naseem sherazi

Oct 07, 2013 05:20pm

excellent work

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Ameer Ali

Oct 08, 2013 01:42am

lol statement

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Aisha

Oct 08, 2013 05:30am

Yes dear, but u can't do it while sitting there. After all you're not bilawal Bhutto zardari..

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Anees

Oct 08, 2013 12:56pm

No doubt. She is being "groomed" to "change" the future (?) of Pakistan.

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Ravi Ingale from Pune

Oct 08, 2013 03:25pm

whenever someone arise in Pakistan for giving proposal that He/She will change the country then He/She had been assassinated. e.g. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, Benazir Bhutto, now this kid Malala.

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ROHIT PANDEY

Oct 08, 2013 03:37pm

I do hope that Malala Yusufazai gets the recognition she deserves and gets the Nobel Prize for peace. That should provide a powerful impetus for the girls in Pakistan to stay in school and move further into an University course too. Women form 50 % of any society and educated women will contribute a lot to the society -as productive citizens as well as nurturers of families who are well informed and well adjusted emotionally and financially to nurture children into sturdy mature people. Good luck,Malala and good luck Pakistan! At end of it all,a much more humane and just society for all!

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pakiboy

Oct 08, 2013 10:01pm

biggest non sense I have heard .. !! .. media is with full volume .. propagating this drama !! why ??

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Gerry D'Cunha

Oct 09, 2013 04:43pm

no person on earth can at this stage change the future of pakistan - its destiny only lies in God's hand

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aaju

Oct 09, 2013 07:11pm

No one can restrict your dreams but it is not possible through election because this drama has actually rooted envy against malala in the hearts of majority. Contrarily if some agencies/countries want to compaign for malaala, they should present her as a Taliban, rather than a controversal personallity. King's analysis

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aaju

Oct 09, 2013 07:17pm

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mike ghaous

Oct 10, 2013 12:26am

come on..... north will stay the same, the virus is too strong to eradicate...

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Dujana

Oct 10, 2013 12:56am

Malala will do what..?????????????.......hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha

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Hamza

Oct 10, 2013 10:39am

why just malala? why not all those female polio workers being gunned down by the taliban? why not all those ngo workers trying to bring education to all the underprivelaged children while running the risk of becoming targets of feudal lords? Why has no one ever spoken out or given a peace prize to any of those kids who were hunted down before the taliban even set foot in pakistan by the feudal lords? And the best part in all of this is that the taliban easily took down a major general of the pakistan army yet they had to climb aboard the bus carrying malala and ask around who malala was and even then missed malala.

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Abdullah

Oct 10, 2013 11:28am

Well, i would not say she could change the future of Pakistan. But the media might have the policy from US to depict such thing is happening or will happen. She is nothing less than agent of enemies who are babysitting her. She will be used against the nation of pakistan in future and to destroy whatever left.

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imran

Oct 10, 2013 02:55pm

Noble 2013 will go to a sheep with two wolves behind her...1. Malala 2. Brown 3. Father of Malala. I pray that winner is only Malala.

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