Malala asks for reversal of college-name honour to avoid militant attacks

The Pakistani teenager who was shot by the Taliban for promoting girls’ education has urged her country to reverse a decision to rename a college in her honour to avert militant attacks on students.

Malala asks for reversal of college-name honour to avoid militant attacks

The Pakistani teenager who was shot by the Taliban for promoting girls’ education has urged her country to reverse a decision to rename a college in her honour to avert militant attacks on students.

Malala Yousufzai, 15, who became a symbol of youth resistance to the Taliban, made the request after students broke into the school, tore down her pictures and boycotted classes in her home town of Mingora.

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