“I have always wanted to come back home and meet people here", says Malala
Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan’s Nobel laureate, broke into tears in front of a packed hall in Islamabad as she said, “I still cannot believe this is happening. I have dreamed of this day for five years.
The youngest Nobel laureate in the world was addressing the media at an event held in her honor after meeting Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi at the PM Office.
“I am just 20-year-old, even then I had endured so much in life, if it were up to me, I would never have left this place,” Malala continued to a thunderous applause from the audience.
Malala, who returned home in the morning, lamented how so much had changed in her life in so little time. She also said that she would never have left Pakistan if she had a choice.
“The attack happened and I had to leave home, everything was happening itself. I could not control it,” she told the gathering.
The advocate for education expressed her immense gratitude to all those who had made her visit her home country possible.
“I have always wanted to come back home and meet people here, talk to them, and spend time on the roads and streets I cherish so much, and now that it is actually happening, I am very grateful,” she stressed.
Meeting with Prime Minister
Earlier, Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai called on Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi in PM Office, Islamabad.
Minister of State for Information and Broadcasting Marriyum Aurangzeb, Minister of State for Information Technology and Telecom, Anusha Rehman and Chairperson Benazir Income Support Programme Marvi Memon were present on the occasion.
“Malala is Pakistan’s representative to the world. She advocates for the education of children,” the premier stated.
Malala also expressed hope that everyone in the country would join hands for the betterment of the nation, adding that empowering women should be at the top of the agenda.
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