Nobel laureate Malala to visit native Pakistan for girls' summit

ISLAMABAD, Jan 10 (AFP): Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai will attend an international summit on girls' education hosted by her native Pakistan, where she was nearly killed by militants as a schoolgirl.

Yousafzai was evacuated from the country in 2012 after being shot by the Pakistan Taliban, who were enraged by her activism, and she has returned to the country only a handful of times since.

A spokesperson for the Malala Fund charity confirmed Yousafzai will appear in person at the summit, which will focus on education in Islamic nations. "I am excited to join Muslim leaders from around the world for a critical conference on girls' education," she said Friday in a post on X.