This has become a major joke. Malala getting this prize and that prize for doing nothing. There are hundreds of others in Pakistan who have gone through what she did. We are really keen to know why is getting such preferential treatment.

Medicine has made progress in leaps and bounds of late. You don't even see a mere scar of the bullet on her head.

This girl of Pakistani descent is really flourishing here in British society. I am proud that my country has welcomed her with open arms and made her like one of their own. She is as British as me, even though she lived most of her life in Pakistan. She is truly an inspiration to all underprivileged girls around the world.

@Jamshed Khan: Because she slap on the face of Taliban and non seance northern culter

Because she slap on the face of taliban and none seance northern culture

@Jamshed Khan: A brave girl from your country is being honoured all all the world and you think it is a joke. It is because of people like you Pakistan has become a joke in the international community

World are giving prices but they do not care every day many girls hostage and killing without any reason. Why only Malala, this is a massive conspiracy and our Pakistani innocent people doesn't know.

Tell her to come home enough of media coverage...

She will have to pay back all this when 'they' need her to do.

@Jamshed Khan: And what I want to know is why are YOU so vindictive! Your mindset reflects narrow mindedness! Why can't she receive a prize? She has every right!

there are so many unemployed people in england who don't have houses to live in and malala and her family get a free house, her dad is given a job on a plate to him while other british nationals are struggling to get jobs !!!...who the heck does malala and her family think they are !!!

@Jamshed Khan: You are partially right. She did cop the wrath of Taliban by raising voice against them but her actual purpose is lost somewhere among these awards and lectures. Give her aid to spread awareness among tribal girls and their parents for education. Give aid for schools, books, faculty. Conduct lectures of this kind right inside the villages which inspire the people who actually need that instead of degree students of US,UK or European universities. Her bravery needs recognition and she is indeed a 'hero' but first to the people and specially the girls in Pakistan and subcontinent before anywhere else. Instead of praising her heroism and giving her awards all over the world, her time could be utilized for fulfilling her aspiration and dream to have every girl get educated in Pakistan and region. Please don't make her another VVIP but a girl whom seeing her every girl can relate to and get inspired to study and make progress. This eventually help Pakistan a better nation. I hope common sense will prevail soon. Best of Luck to her and many thanks.

God bless Malala and everyone fighting for basic human rights.

@Jamshed Khan: No need to be jealous Mr. khan. Malala has become a symbol of girl's education and the right of people to learn, debate and search for knowledge. She had the guts and courage as a teenage girl to stand up to the despicable views of the Taliban. She was following the Prophet Muhammad's (PBUH) advice to search for knowledge even if you have to go to China. Who knows perhaps God chose Malala for this purpose. Perhaps you would like to take Malala's place but for that you will first have to take a bullet in yor head.

@Jamshed Khan: At an age when you and me were not even capable of changing the winter vacations schedule of our schools, she was delivering a speech in the UN. Are you still feeling any important?

@Jamshed Khan:Maybe Pakistan should be awarded an international award for the misery it has created for itself and for others. I am sure it rankles to have a Pakistani recognized for all the wrong reasons,but do spare a thought for innocent people in countries far away from Pakistan who have been affected the turmoil in Pakistan-Afghanistan. I live in Ontario and even here,people are affected...the newspapers carry stories of Canadian Army soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Malala Yusufazai gets this attention for the simple reason that people affected by the strife in one form or another( it is with tax payer's money that the troops are supported in Afghanistan!) feel a need to express their anguish....perhaps that is the reason that she gets all this attention?

This getting painful now.....

@Jamshed Khan: She's showing to the world that there are those in Pakistan still alive who are NOT terrorists. That doing nothing part is actually changing the perception of Pakistanis. Yes, there may be hundreds that have gone through hardships and not received much recognition, but does that imply that Malala should also be ignored because others were as well? What difference does it make whether the person getting all the attention was Hamid, or Jamshed or even Raja. What's more important? The messenger or the message? The wheels have started to turn and it is my opinion that Pakistan's ship has started to correct it's path. It's a long way to go but it's better than going in the opposite direction. Malala is only a beacon, a small beacon but a beacon nonetheless. There may have been brighter and larger beacons along the path, but this is the one that became visible. Why not use it to guide us instead of crying over the so many wonderful beacons we missed? Raja

@Jamshed Khan: I agree with you so many poor innocent kids have suffered with the hands of recent terrorism but nothing have been done to them why only to Malala can this be explained to the masses what type of justice is this.

@Jamshed Khan: i agree with you , i appreciated malala work too , but i really hate media hype , overreaction of people

@Jamshed Khan: Poster child for the western elite to parade around. No doubt she is a brave girl and deserves some praise, but the way she is being marketed by Mr. Gordon Brown, (whose own record is nothing to be proud of) is a trite embarrassing in the least.

I wonder when is she going to come out of her veil and assimilate with her adopted culture?

Well dont you know that an enemy of your enemy is your friend.....

@Jamshed Khan: Why honor NELSON MANDELA, he was just one of the thousands who went to jail during apartheid ?

@Jamshed Khan: So the world should honor aafia siddiqui instead of Malala?

@Jamshed Khan: Be happy for her as she is indirectly projecting Pakistan in a positive light. On listening to her, people in the west get the feeling that not every Pakistani is a demented Islamist bent on killing and destroying. Pakistan, at this time, need every bit of good, positive mention on world's stage. It is time to not be petty, Jamshed.

@Jamshed Khan: There are a lot of behind the scene activities and vested interest. The truth will come out when the purpose is served and Malala is fully used.

I am Malala and I am critical of Taliban. Malala was critical of Taliban because she fought against Taliban's ban on girls education. You are my hero Malal. You are fighting for education of girls. I am proud that you are a Pakistani.

@Jamshed Khan: Malala did not do "nothing". She is the brave girl who stood against Taliban and their ban on girls education. What are you doing Jamshed? She is my hero. She is more brave than I am.

For one she did not portrayed herself as a victim, secondly she showed a character of statesmanship, not lambasting Taliban but forgiving them. thirdly she is bright and is learning quickly how to present fourth and so on and so on. I wish her the best.

@Jamshed Khan: It doesn't matter who gets the recognition, what is egregious is that the Pakistani nation has not learned any lessons from it's so many mistakes throughout the 60+ years of existence. This will not be any different!

Giving her awards and prizes will not change the face of education in our country and especially in her home town. There are thousands of girls and for that matter children suffering in Pakistan and this money that is being spent to honor Malala and giving her prizes can be better utilized for education of those children.

I appreciate, how they are treating a Pakistani girl. But, I've a question why they are giving such protocol to her. Why they are supporting to a Muslim girl.

Mate Malala should run for US presidency now, she seems to have a good chance following all these awards, what a joke !

@Jamshed Khan: Its very easy to talk from your drawing room. Stand up against Taliban knowing the kind of risk involved none of us to do that. Learn to appreciate that kind of courage, it is a rare commodity. Hats off to her and her courage.

@bilal people like you show how ignorant her critics are, Malala's father is working for the Pakistan Government, he does not have a british job. Do you think he wanted to have his daughter shot in the head? They are not from a poor background, if you bothered to do some research you may find out they are a middle class family, her father owns a chain of english schools in Pakistan. There is one thing that is common about Malala's critics, they themselves have done NOTHING for Pakistan, but they are quick to criticise a 16 year old girl. Talk is cheap, do something then you have a right to talk.

@Jamshed Khan, It is people like you who are a joke, What have you sacrificed for Pakistan? Like most critics I suspect nothing. Malala put her life on the line to promote education and resisted the Taliban bullying. What have you done? That may explain why she is there and you are where you are.

She should remain an advocate for women `s education rather then becoming a politician.