Malala Yousufzai injured in firing incident

Winner of the National Peace Award, Malala Yousufzai was injured along with two other women when unidentified men opened fire on her car in Swat, Express News reported Tuesday.

Yousufzai was shifted to Saidu Teaching Hospital, where doctors declared that she was out of danger. As the news made rounds, hundreds of people flocked outside the hospital, willing to donate blood to Yousufzai. Two bullets hit Yousufzai and she received wounds on her neck. According to Express News correspondent Shireenzada, unidenfitied men approached the car in which Yousufzai was seated and asked the girls sitting with her to identify Yousufzai. When the girls, including Yousufzai, showed reluctance in answering, the gunmen opened indiscriminate fire on her car. The Government of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa has taken a notice of the incident. Hailing from Mingora, the 14-year-old Yousufzai struggled for restoring peace in Swat and education for girls in the region for which she was awarded the National Peace Award by former prime minister Yousuf Raza Gilani. When the Taliban had banned education for females in the district, she kept a diary for the British Broadcasting Corporation and wrote about the misdeeds of militants. Yousufzai also remained a speaker for the Child Assembly in Swat, which works for child rights in the district. Later on, she was awarded the first National Peace Award by the government of Pakistan on December 19, 2011 for rendering courageous services to promote peace during the mayhem.