Malala condemns assassination attempt on Ahsan Iqbal

Author: Web Desk

OXFORD: Education activist and Nobel Prize winner Malala Yousafzai, condemned on Sunday night the assassination attempt on Interior minister Ahsan Iqbal.

Yousafzai, who is currently studying at the University of Oxford, said that she was very sad over the incident.

She said that she was praying for his quick recovery and thanked Allah that the attack had not been fatal.

“I wish that every Pakistani remains safe and that no one’s life is in danger,” she said.

“I hope for a Pakistan where everyone lives peacefully.” she also added.

Ahsan Iqbal was fired on Sunday evening by Abid Hussain, 21, from a 15-yard distance, when the minister was entering his vehicle to leave a rally in his home constituency of Narowal.

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