Petition campaign to nominate Pakistan school girl for Nobel Prize

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09 Nov 2012

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A massive campaign has been launched to nominate Pakistan’s youngest peace activist Malala Yousufzai for Nobel Peace Prize, reports said.

Malala Yousafzi support grows, nearly 65,000 fans as of Tuesday 10/16/2012

On Friday thousands joined the campaign to nominate the 15 year old school girl who is recovering in a British hospital after being shot in the head by Taliban insurgents in Swat Valley. An estimated 35,000 have signed the petition which begun in the United Kingdom.
On Thursday, she thanked her well-wishers for their support, who underwent several surgeries at the prestigious British hospital, in the city of Birmingham. She was shot in the head on October 9^th when she was returning home from school.
The attack drew wide spread condemnation and she became a role model to many Pakistani school children and politicians.
The campaigners have requested British Prime Minister David Cameron and other senior politicians to nominate Yousufzai for the prestigious award.
“Malala doesn’t just represent one young woman, she speaks out for all those who are denied an education purely on the basis of their gender,” campaign leader Shahida Choudhary said in a statement issued by global petition platform Change.org.
Global campaign of support

similar campaigns have sprung up in Canada, France and Spain.
Under the Nobel Committee’s rules, only prominent figures such as members of national assemblies and governments are able to make nominations.
Yousufzai was unconscious and fighting for her life when she was flown to Britain a month ago, but the hospital in Birmingham where she is being treated now report that she is recovering well.
Malala’s father thanked her supporters from around the world on Friday, just one month on from the shocking attack.
“She wants me to tell everyone how grateful she is and is amazed that men, women and children from across the world are interested in her well-being,” her father Ziauddin Yousafzai said on behalf of the 15-year-old.
“We deeply feel the heart-touching good wishes of the people across the world of all caste, color and creed,” he said in a statement issued by the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, where Malala is being treated.
Her father added: “I am awfully thankful to all the peace-loving well-wishers who strongly condemn the assassination attempt on Malala, who pray for her health and support the grand cause of peace, education, freedom of thought and freedom of expression.”