SWAT : Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai on Saturday visited her home in Swat, more than five years after she survived a Taliban attack in the valley.
Malala along with her parents landed in Swat Valley on Saturday morning amid tight security.
Her father Ziauddin Yousafzai consoled the teary eyed 20-year-old upon her arrival at their old home.
The Pakistan Army provided Malala a helicopter, which took her to Mingora from Islamabad, where she arrived before dawn on Thursday, flanked by heavy security. She plans to return to Britain on Monday.
According to her uncle Mahmoodul Hassan, she also plans to meet her friends and relatives. Security was visibly beefed up in Mingora the previous day.
Malala, who belongs to Swat, returned to Pakistan on a four-day visit late Wednesday night.
Malala became a global symbol for human rights after a gunman boarded her school bus on Oct 9, 2012, and asked “Who is Malala?” and shot her. Two other girls had also sustained gunshot wounds.
The Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had accused her of anti-Islamic activities and of “smearing” the militant group in the statements released after the attack.
She has been living in the UK since then. She was shifted from Pakistan to a hospital in Birmingham in a precarious condition after she had sustained a bullet in her head in the targeted attack.
The attack on the schoolgirls received widespread criticism at the national and international levels as Malalai received sympathies and support from across the world.
Responding to the condemnation, the TTP denounced Malala, compelling her to stay back in the UK due to security concerns.
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