The father of a Pakistani girl who was shot in the head by the Taliban for advocating girls’ education said on Friday his daughter was strong and would “rise again” to pursue her dreams after receiving treatment in a British hospital.
Malala Yousufzai, 15, was flown from Pakistan to the British city of Birmingham to receive specialist treatment after the October 9 attack which drew widespread international condemnation.
She has become a powerful symbol of resistance to the radical Islamist group’s effort to deny women an education.
Her father, Ziauddin Yousufzai, and other family members flew to Britain on Thursday to help their daughter’s recovery.
“They wanted to kill her. But she fell temporarily. She will rise again. She will stand again,” he said, his voice wavering and breaking with emotion as he spoke.
