Malala Yousafzai eyes politics to ‘change the future’ of Pakistan
9 Oct 2013 4:29 AM IST
The 16-year-old, whose continued fight for all children to go to school has made her a favourite for the Nobel Peace Prize this week, also backed dialogue with the Taliban, although she said this was an issue for the government.
‘I will be a politician in my future. I want to change the future of my country and I want to make education compulsory,’ Malala said in a BBC interview.
She added, ‘The best way to solve problem and to fight against war is through dialogue, and is through peaceful way. But for me the best way to fight against terrorism and extremism is a simple thing, educate the next generation.’ She added issues of terrorism are ‘not an issue for me, that’s the job of the government... and that’s also the job of America’. Malala dismissed the continued threats against her life and repeated her desire to return to Pakistan from Britain, where she was flown for treatment after the attack in October and where she now goes to school. ‘The bad thing in our society and in our country is you always wait for someone else to come. If I’m saying there is no-one who is doing anything for education, why don’t I go for it? I believe I will achieve this goal because Allah is with me,’ she concluded.
‘I will be a politician in my future. I want to change the future of my country and I want to make education compulsory,’ Malala said in a BBC interview.
She added, ‘The best way to solve problem and to fight against war is through dialogue, and is through peaceful way. But for me the best way to fight against terrorism and extremism is a simple thing, educate the next generation.’ She added issues of terrorism are ‘not an issue for me, that’s the job of the government... and that’s also the job of America’. Malala dismissed the continued threats against her life and repeated her desire to return to Pakistan from Britain, where she was flown for treatment after the attack in October and where she now goes to school. ‘The bad thing in our society and in our country is you always wait for someone else to come. If I’m saying there is no-one who is doing anything for education, why don’t I go for it? I believe I will achieve this goal because Allah is with me,’ she concluded.
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