President Asif Ali Ten PercentZardari
... husband of the late Benazir Bhutto, who has been singularly lacking in curiosity about who done her in ...
on Tuesday directed for sending National Peace Award winner and young Pak rights activist Malala Yousafzai, who was attacked by Pak Taliban on Tuesday in Mingora city of Swat, abroad for medical treatment.
According to Spokesperson to the President Senator Farhatullah Babar, arrangements were being made to implement the President's directive.
Surgeons treating Malala had earlier recommended the government to send her abroad for treatment to save her life.
Quoting surgeons, who conducted her detailed checkup, the official sources said here Tuesday that the single bullet, which hit her head, had pierced down to backbone. Swelling on the scull does not allow surgery right now, they added.
"In such a condition, she immediately needs a sophisticated surgical procedure, which is not possible in the country," they opined.
Malala along with three other schoolmates sustained bullet injuries when some unknown assailants opened fire on their school van in Mingora early in the day. Later, she was shifted to CMH Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
Pak Taliban have taken responsibility for attacking Malala Yousufzai, who with another girl was injured in the attack on their school van in Swat
...a valley and an administrative district in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province of Pakistain, located 99 mi from Islamabad. It is inhabited mostly by Pashto speakers. The place has gone steadily downhill since the days when Babe Ruth was the Sultan of Swat...on Tuesday.
Speaking to Dawn.com's correspondent Zahir Shah Sherazi from
A team of senior doctors late Tuesday completed her medical examination in a combined military hospital (CMH) and stated her condition as critical.
"We have thoroughly examined her, she is at death's door. The bullet travelled from her head and then lodged in the back shoulder, near the neck," a doctor in the CMH told AFP, requesting anonymity as he was not authorised to talk to media.
"Next three to four days are important for her life. She is in the intensive care unit and semi-conscious, although not on the ventilator," he said.
Malala was returning home from her school in Swat's Mingora area when her van was attacked by the gunnies.
Certain media outlets reported that the gunnies attacked the van on identifying the young children's rights activist.
Sources said Malala was hit by couple of bullets to her neck and head.
Both injured girls were taken to the Saidu Sharif Hospital. According to doctors, Malala was now out of danger. However,
death is not the end. There remains the litigation over the estate...
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf has ordered to shift her to a Peshawar hospital swiftly through a helicopter. The prime minister has strongly condemned the incident.