Malala Yousafzai's Next 36-48 hours 'CRITICAL'

Director General Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) Maj-Gen Asim Bajwa said on Friday that Malala Yousufzai’s condition had improved, adding that, that the next 36 to 48 hours were critical. He was talking on the state of Malala, a 14-year-old child activist shot by the Taliban.

He said that the transfer from Peshwar to Rawalpindi, although difficult, had transpired successfully. “Her blood pressure is normal. Heartbeat is normal, and thanks to God, her condition is satisfactory,” Bajwa said. She was flown by an air-ambulance from Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Peshawar to the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC), a health unit of CMH Rawalpindi on Thursday.

Malala Yousafzai was flown by an air-ambulance from Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Peshawar to the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC), a health unit of CMH Rawalpindi on Thursday

On Friday, school children dedicated prayers to her recovery in morning assemblies and special prayers will also be offered after weekly prayers at mosques across the country.  Clerics on Friday declared the attempt on her life, made by Pakistani Taliban gunmen while the 14-year-old girl was on her way home from school in the Swat valley, to be “un-Islamic”.

Reports in the Pakistani media suggested that the government was considering sending her overseas for treatment, but Bajwa said Friday that “so far there is no plan to take her abroad.” Answering a question regarding composition of the medical team, he said it includes specialists from abroad, senior specialists from civil set up and senior doctors from Pakistan Army.

Malala Yousafzai was flown by an air-ambulance from Combined Military Hospital (CMH) Peshawar to the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC), a health unit of CMH Rawalpindi on Thursday

Earlier, doctors had said that Malala had a 70 per cent chance of survival and despite improvement, was seriously ill. Currently, all the doctors on the panel treating Malala were Pakistanis but two foreign doctors were also being consulted on the treatment.

Two armed men, on foot, stopped a van packed with about a dozen schoolgirls in a congested area of the town. One of them got into the van and asked which of the girls was Malala Yousafzai before he fired three shots, hitting Malala in the head and injuring two others.

The clerics of the SIC said that attacking innocent women and children “was not jihad”. They also said the attackers were “agents of Washington”, defaming Islam, undermining Pakistan and legitimising the branding of Muslims as “terrorists”. Pakistan’s foreign minister, Hina Rabbani Khar, on Thursday called the attempted assassination of Malala “a wake-up call” for the nation.

Malala Yousafzai Still Critical, Being Shifted To Rawalpindi For Further Treatment

Malala Yousafzai was being sent to the top military hospital in Rawalpindi, a government official confirmed on Thursday. “Her condition is not yet out of danger despite improvement. She is being shifted to Rawalpindi,” Governor Kyber-Pakhtunkhwa Masood Kausar told reporters.

According to the DG ISPR Asim Bajwa, Malala will be accompanied by her doctors during the transfer. The decision to shift Malala to Rawalpindi was made by a panel of Pakistani and British doctors. Asked whether she was being sent to the top military hospital in the city, a military official confirmed to AFP only that she was being moved and that a further announcement would be made shortly.

Neurosurgeon Colonel Junaid told reporters that the next 10-15 days are critical for Malala. There are mounting questions about how the attack could have happened and how the perpetrators simply walked away in an area with a visible police and army presence.

Malala Yousafzai was being sent to the top military hospital in Rawalpindi, a government official confirmed on Thursday

“The cowards who attacked Malala and her fellow students have shown time and again how little regard they have for human life and how low they can fall in their cruel ambition to impose their twisted ideology,” Gen Kayani said yesterday in a statement.

Interior Minister Rehman Malik and KP information minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain told reporters on Thursday that Malala would not be sent abroad for treatment as her condition was improving. Taliban spokesman Ehsanullah Ehsan had said his group was behind the shooting.

The government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa announced a 10 million rupee reward for information leading to the arrest of Malala’s attackers and Interior Minister Rehman Malik has promised to catch the gunmen. Prayers were offered across the country for Yousafzai’s recovery and students at a demonstration in support of her said that Yousafzai “is like our sister”.

Malala won international prominence after highlighting Taliban atrocities in Swat with a blog for the BBC three years ago, when the militants burned girls  schools and terrorised the valley before the army intervened.

Ehsanullah Ehsan, spokesman for the Pakistani wing of the Taliban, assumed responsibility for the Taliban shooting in the head of Malala. He said that the teenager’s work had been an “obscenity” that needed to be stopped: “This was a new chapter of obscenity, and we have to finish this chapter.

Malala Yousafzai: Surgery Successful, Rs10 million Bounty Offered [PHOTOS]

The Pakistani government has offered a Rs10 million ($105,000) bounty for the capture of the Pakistani Taliban assailants who fired on Malala Yousafzai. According to the latest updates, Mian Iftikhar Hussein, the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa information minister, said he was declaring a bounty of $100,000 for the capture of the culprits in the attempt on Malala's life.

Main Iftihar said the names and identity of the citizens, who will be facilitating the law enforcement agencies, will be kept secret. Earlier, Chief of Army Staff (COAS) General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani strongly condemning the terrorist attack on Malala Yousafzai said we will not bow before terror and would fight regardless of the cost.

The army chief said the Taliban could go to any extent to follow their self-perceived ideology. According to ISPR, the COAS expressed these views during his visit to CMH Peshawar to oversee the treatment being given to Malala Yousafzai and meet her family members on Wednesday.

Pakistan’s Interior Minister Rehman Malik on Wednesday vowed to bring to justice the Taliban attackers behind the shooting of a 14-year-old child activist in a critical condition. Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Wednesday that Malala Yousafzai would not be sent abroad of treatment, adding that he was satisfied with the treatment given to her by Pakistani doctors.

Provincial minister of Information Mian Iftikhar said the doctors have started to feed Malala after improvement in her condition. The doctors monitoring the swelling caused by the bullet wound and she can be sent to Dubai for further medical treatment, the minister said.

Last night, a doctor at CMH told AFP that the bullet had travelled from her head and then lodged in the back shoulder, near the neck. “She is in the intensive care unit and semi-conscious, although not on the ventilator,” he told AFP on condition of anonymity because he is not authorised to speak to the media.

Malala Yousafzai was shot on her school bus with two friends in the former Taliban stronghold of Swat on Tuesday, then flown to the main northwestern city of Peshawar to be admitted to a military hospital. Malik informed reporters that neurosurgeons from London and the US were ready and would be called to Pakistan if the need arose.

The passport of Malala Yousufzai has been prepared and British and Dubai visas also issued, sources said. Army Chief Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani visited the CMH on Wednesday to inquire on Malala’s condition. The country’s top military officer also issued a strongly-worded statement condemning the attack.

Malala Yusufzai Attack: TTP Claims Responsibility; PM Condemned

Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed the responsibility of firing on Malala Yousafzai. Dr Shahid Masood recently wrote on his Twitter account, "EhsanUllah Ehsan,the TTP spokeman who threatened Malala yousaf Zai and her friends in March publicly should be arrested immediately."

Malala wrote in her diary for BBC that she exposed the suffering caused by the militants as they ruled. She said, "At that time some of us would go to school in plain clothes, not in school uniform, just to pretend we are not students, and we hid our books under our shawls.”

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf condemning attack on peace activist Malla Yusufzai said that there is a need to fight against the mindset which motivates people to kill innocent girls like Malala. “Malala was getting into her school bus after school when two gunmen opened fire on her, injuring her and one of her friends,” local police official Rasool Shah told AFP.

Unidentified men stopped the vehicle, asking if it was the transport from Khushal school. When told that it was, one man asked: "Where is Malalai?" As she was identified, the assailant reportedly drew a pistol and shot Malalai in the head and the neck. Her friend was shot in the hand.

Malala Yusufzai was critically injured, along with another girl student, after a gunman fired upon her school van on Tuesday in Mingora town of district Swat.

She has also got Sitara-e-Jurrat for her services in the field of education. Hospital sources said that Malala received bullet injuries in her head and neck.The sources, however, said that Malala’s condition was out of danger. Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain confirmed the shooting and blamed the attack on terrorists.

Malala Yusufzai was critically injured, along with another girl student, after a gunman fired upon her school van on Tuesday in Mingora town of district Swat.

The Prime Minister directed immediate dispatch of a helicopter to evacuate the injured to Peshawar and to investigate the matter, besides providing best possible treatment to the other injured. Raja Pervez Ashraf said that we will have to defend and stabilize democracy at any cost.

Malala Yusufzai is the National Peace Award winner who came under the global spotlight for her efforts to bring back peace to her hometown Swat

“Government’s top priority is to resolve Balochistan issue,” he said adding that, “We have to end hatred to progress.” The Pakistan army in 2009 effectively crushed a two-year Taliban insurgency in Swat where cleric Maulana Fazlullah presided over a brutal campaign of beheadings, violence and multiple attacks on girls’ schools.

There are lot of people who are struggling hard to prove that we are not facing any critical terrorism, extremism and target killing---but we should have believe on such a painful truth.

Malala Yusufzai is the National Peace Award winner who came under the global spotlight for her efforts to bring back peace to her hometown Swat

Months ago, she was Pushto singer Ghazala Javed who was shot dead in a road firing accident. And now, here is another sad incident which will really make us "Disappointed" that we are not free from extremism and terrorism.

Swat: Malala Yousafzai Critical In Hospital After Attack

There are lot of people who are struggling hard to prove that we are not facing any critical terrorism, extremism and target killing---but we should have believe on such a painful truth.

Months ago, she was Pushto singer Ghazala Javed who was shot dead in a road firing accident. And now, here is another sad incident which will really make us "Disappointed" that we are not free from extremism and terrorism.

This is the latest news update that Malala Yusufzai, the National Peace Award winner who came under the global spotlight for her efforts to bring back peace to her hometown Swat, was critically injured, along with another girl student, after a gunman fired upon her school van on Tuesday in Mingora town of district Swat.

Malala Yusufzai was critically injured, along with another girl student, after a gunman fired upon her school van on Tuesday in Mingora town of district Swat.

Hands are shivering while writing and heart is crying while reading. The 14-year old Malala won international recognition for highlighting Taliban atrocities in Swat by blogging for the BBC.

The international children's advocacy group KidsRights Foundation included Yousafzai among the nominees for the International Children's Peace Prize, making her the first Pakistani girl nominated for the award. A hospital source said while telling the details about the firing incident, “She received two bullets in the attack and being treated in Saido Sharif hospital."

Malala Yusufzai is the National Peace Award winner who came under the global spotlight for her efforts to bring back peace to her hometown Swat.

Police said a gunman opened fire on a school vehicle when Yousafzai along with other students came out from the school and boarded the van. "Malala was getting into her school bus after school when two gunmen opened fire on her, injuring her and one of her friends," police official Rasool Shah told AFP.

Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has condemned the attack on Malala Yusufzai. He said such acts can never shake the resolve of people pursuing peace. He said an helicopter brining Malala to Islamabad. 

Treatment is underway. Details of the shooting are still emerging. Malala also conveyed a message to those parents through media who are reluctant to get their children educated out of fear of social oddities of the Pakhtun culture. PLEASE PLEASE PRAY FOR MALALA YOUSAFZAI! WE DON'T WANT TO LOOSE ANOTHER ARFA KARIM!