Malala Yousafzai, a 14-year-old girl who was shot in the head during a Taliban targeted gun attack, may well make a full recovery, British doctors said yesterday. Malala, who had a bullet removed from her head last week, was moved from Pakistan to Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, England, yesterday by air ambulance.
“Clearly it would be inappropriate on every level, not least for her, to put her through all of this if there was no hope of decent recovery.”
“I had a terrible dream yesterday with military helicopters and the Taleban. I have had such dreams since the launch of the military operation in Swat. My mother made me breakfast and I went off to school. I was afraid going to school because the Taleban had issued an edict banning all girls from attending schools.
Only 11 students attended the class out of 27. The number decreased because of Taleban’s edict. My three friends have shifted to Peshawar, Lahore and Rawalpindi with their families after this edict.
On my way from school to home I heard a man saying ‘I will kill you’. I hastened my pace and after a while I looked back if the man was still coming behind me. But to my utter relief he was talking on his mobile and must have been threatening someone else over the phone.”
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital specializes in treating gunshots wounds to the head
“Today, sadly, 32 million girls are not going to school, and it is time to fight harder for Malala’s dream to come true.”