Malik optimistic about Malala’s health

ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said that Malala Yousafzai would soon recover and come back to Pakistan, said a statement issued here on Thursday.

According to the statement, parents of the injured Swati girl met the Interior Minister before leaving for UK.

Malik dubbed the shooting of Malala Yousafzai as an attack on Pakistan and assured her parents of the girl’s security upon her arrival in Pakistan.

“Malala has started speaking; entire nation is praying for her,” he said and added that the President and the government were taking keen interest in Malala’s recovery.

Meanwhile, sources told Geo News that Malala’s father Ziauddin Yousafzai left for Birmingham along with his wife via Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) flight.