There are not many Malalas in Pakistan. She is basically a fluke amongst the average Pakistani backbones, who lost the battle long time ago. I agree, why bother to name the school after her name when people have no guts to fight the known devils? Just go with the flow! Leave Malala alone!
-SD
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-SD
"All great truths begin as blasphemies." GBS
From: Farida Majid <farida_majid@hotmail.com>
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Subject: [mukto-mona] FW: PAKISTANI GIRLS PROTEST
The girls surely have a point. It is really a mater of life and death to them. But certain neo-con inspired right-wing camps in the West are using Malala's name as a push-button to roll out their agendas which are too subtle for us to comprehend readily.
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:13:46 +0000
Subject: PAKISTANI GIRLS PROTEST
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2012 19:13:46 +0000
Subject: PAKISTANI GIRLS PROTEST
timesofindia.com
Pakistani girls protest naming of college after Malala
AFP | Dec 12, 2012, 07.53 PM ISTPESHAWAR: Angry Pakistani girls protested Wednedsay against the renaming
of their school after shot teenage activist Malala Yousafzai, saying the move
would make them a target for militants.
Around 150 students boycotted classes at what is now the Government Malala College
Around 150 students boycotted classes at what is now the Government Malala College
for Girls in Saidu Sharif, in the northwestern Swat Valley, tearing up and
stoning pictures of the 15-year-old, accusing her of abandoning Pakistan by
going to Britain for treatment.
The Pakistan government has renamed numerous schools in honour of Malala,
The Pakistan government has renamed numerous schools in honour of Malala,
who was shot in the head by the Taliban in October for championing girls'
education in Swat and is now recovering in a British hospital.
The students at what was previously known as the Government College for
The students at what was previously known as the Government College for
Girls said they had repeatedly asked the principal to remove the plate with
the new name, fearing it would invite the attention of militants.
"We came out when the principal finally refused to accept our demand,"
"We came out when the principal finally refused to accept our demand,"
student Shaista Ahmed said. "We feel the college would be the potential target of militants.
"I joined others who chanted slogans against Malala and pelted stones on
"I joined others who chanted slogans against Malala and pelted stones on
her picture because she had left the country to settle abroad. We are poor,
we cannot afford it and we will suffer because she has fled to Britain."
Local government official Niaz Ali Khan told AFP the protesting students were
Local government official Niaz Ali Khan told AFP the protesting students were
"very angry and aggressive" and tore up a portrait of Malala which the authorities
had erected on a college wall after the Taliban attack.
"The students ended their protest after we promised to convey their
"The students ended their protest after we promised to convey their
demand to the authorities," he said.
Student Mah Noor, 19, said: "Malala herself is in Britain but other girls will
Student Mah Noor, 19, said: "Malala herself is in Britain but other girls will
remain in Swat. She will not come back to Pakistan, then what is the need
to rename the college after her?"
Malala first rose to prominence aged just 11 with a blog for the BBC Urdu
Malala first rose to prominence aged just 11 with a blog for the BBC Urdu
service in 2009 in which she described life in Swat during the bloody rule of
the Taliban.
Taliban hitmen shot her on her school bus in Mingora, the main town in Swat,
Taliban hitmen shot her on her school bus in Mingora, the main town in Swat,
for the "crime" of campaigning for girls' rights to go to school, but she
survived after surgery in Pakistan.
She was sent to Britain for further treatment and her courage has won
She was sent to Britain for further treatment and her courage has won
the hearts of millions around the world, prompting the United Nations to
observe a "global day of action" for her last month.
Malala's father Ziauddin Yousafzai, a former teacher and headmaster,
Malala's father Ziauddin Yousafzai, a former teacher and headmaster,
has been appointed UN adviser on education.
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