ISLAMABAD: Pakistan President
Asif Ali Zardari is all set to visit the United Kingdom on Saturday to meet
15-year-old education activist Malala Yousufzai, who is being treated at
Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Foreign Office officials have
termed the visit as an "unprecedented gesture" by Zardari, because
the president did not have any diplomatic engagements in the UK other than
meeting Malala, reports The Express Tribune.
Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani
Khar will accompany Zardari to the UK.
The Pakistani Taliban had shot
Malala while she was returning home from school on October 9 in the Swat
Valley. She was attacked for speaking up against the terror outfit and
advocating access to education for girls in an area that has been one of the
Taliban's main strongholds in the country.
Over the past months, the teenage
activist has received messages of support from across the globe with some
suggesting a Nobel Peace Prize for her.
In a special message, Zardari
said Malala stands tall as a symbol of girls' education and of defiance against
those who wish to impose their obscurantist agenda behind the facade of
religion.
To reinforce the idea that Malala
represents the government of Pakistan, a special initiative has been launched
to give free education to the children.
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