Malala on Times’ 100 most influential people’s list

Published April 17, 2015
Teenage Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai survived an assassination attempt after being shot by a Taliban gunman in Swat. — AP/file
Teenage Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai survived an assassination attempt after being shot by a Taliban gunman in Swat. — AP/file

NEW YORK: Pakistan’ nobel laureate, education activist, Malala Yousafzai once again made it to the list of the Time Magazine’s 100 most influential people.

The list includes US President Barack Obama and India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Read: Malala youngest ever Nobel laureate

Mrs Hillary Clinton, Cuban leader Raul Castro, Presidential contender Jeb Bush, Judge Of US Supreme Court, Ruth Bader

Ginsburg and Pope Francis are also on the list.

Also read: Malala Yousafzai — future prime minister of Pakistan?

The Time Magazine said the list also includes Hollywood celebrities “some names you’d expect, it also features some that may surprise you: Kanye West, Kim Kardashian and Bradley Cooper among them”.

Published in Dawn, April 17th, 2015

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