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| Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for first time since shooting | Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for first time since shooting |
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| Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to Pakistan for the first time since being shot by Taliban militants. | Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai has returned to Pakistan for the first time since being shot by Taliban militants. |
| Ms Yousafzai, now aged 20 and a vocal human rights activist, was shot in the head by a gunman for campaigning for female education in 2012. | Ms Yousafzai, now aged 20 and a vocal human rights activist, was shot in the head by a gunman for campaigning for female education in 2012. |
| She is expected to hold meetings with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. | She is expected to hold meetings with Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi. |
| Details of the trip have been kept secret "in view of the sensitivity", an official told AFP news agency. | Details of the trip have been kept secret "in view of the sensitivity", an official told AFP news agency. |
| Pakistani television broadcast video that appeared to show her with her parents at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport under tight security. | Pakistani television broadcast video that appeared to show her with her parents at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport under tight security. |
| The trip is expected to last four days and she arrived with officials from her Malala Fund group, local media report. | The trip is expected to last four days and she arrived with officials from her Malala Fund group, local media report. |
| It has not been confirmed if she will visit her family's hometown of Swat in the country's rural north-west during her visit. | It has not been confirmed if she will visit her family's hometown of Swat in the country's rural north-west during her visit. |
| Why was she attacked? | Why was she attacked? |
| At just 11, Ms Yousafzai began writing an anonymous diary for BBC Urdu about her life under Taliban rule. | At just 11, Ms Yousafzai began writing an anonymous diary for BBC Urdu about her life under Taliban rule. |
| A vocal advocate of female education amid militant suppression in Pakistan, she was deliberately attacked on a school bus at 15. Malala's story brought international attention. | A vocal advocate of female education amid militant suppression in Pakistan, she was deliberately attacked on a school bus at 15. Malala's story brought international attention. |
| The Pakistani Taliban said at the time that they shot her because she was "pro-west" and "promoting western culture in Pashtun areas". | The Pakistani Taliban said at the time that they shot her because she was "pro-west" and "promoting western culture in Pashtun areas". |
| The teenager sustained life-threatening injuries in the attack, and had to have part of her skull removed to relieve swelling on her brain. | The teenager sustained life-threatening injuries in the attack, and had to have part of her skull removed to relieve swelling on her brain. |
| After receiving emergency treatment at a military hospital in Pakistan, she was transported to the UK to recover in Birmingham, where her family continue to live. | After receiving emergency treatment at a military hospital in Pakistan, she was transported to the UK to recover in Birmingham, where her family continue to live. |
| What has she done since? | What has she done since? |
| Since her recovery, Ms Yousafzai has continued to speak up for children's education and rights around the world. | Since her recovery, Ms Yousafzai has continued to speak up for children's education and rights around the world. |
| She set up the Malala Fund with her father Ziauddin, with the goal of "working for a world where every girl can learn and lead without fear". | She set up the Malala Fund with her father Ziauddin, with the goal of "working for a world where every girl can learn and lead without fear". |
| In 2014 she became the youngest person to win the Nobel Peace Prize. She and Indian activist Kailash Satyarthi were jointly awarded it for their efforts for children's rights. | |
| She has continued campaigning while pursuing her studies, and last year earned a place at Oxford University. | She has continued campaigning while pursuing her studies, and last year earned a place at Oxford University. |
| Is Pakistan still dangerous? | Is Pakistan still dangerous? |
| Despite security efforts in recent years, the Pakistani Taliban has remained active. | Despite security efforts in recent years, the Pakistani Taliban has remained active. |
| They have been blamed for a number of deadly attacks on schools and colleges that have killed hundreds. | They have been blamed for a number of deadly attacks on schools and colleges that have killed hundreds. |
| Ms Yousafzai repeatedly expressed her wishes to return to Pakistan, describing her hometown of Swat as "paradise on earth" in an interview earlier this month. | Ms Yousafzai repeatedly expressed her wishes to return to Pakistan, describing her hometown of Swat as "paradise on earth" in an interview earlier this month. |
| "I have received a lot of support in my country," she told US talk-show host David Letterman in a Netflix special. | "I have received a lot of support in my country," she told US talk-show host David Letterman in a Netflix special. |
| "There is this lust for change. People want to see change in their country. I am already doing work there but I want my feet to touch that land." | "There is this lust for change. People want to see change in their country. I am already doing work there but I want my feet to touch that land." |
| The country is religiously conservative and late last year Ms Yousafzai was trolled online after a picture of her in Oxford wearing western clothes - jeans and heeled boots - was shared on social media. | The country is religiously conservative and late last year Ms Yousafzai was trolled online after a picture of her in Oxford wearing western clothes - jeans and heeled boots - was shared on social media. |