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PARIS: President Asif Ali Zardari arrived here on Sunday afternoon to attend an important conference, “Stand up for Malala — Stand up for girls’ right to education’, being organised jointly by Pakistan and UNESCO at its Paris headquarters.
The president came to Parisfrom London, where he visited Malala Yousafzai at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, to see for himself her health condition.
President Zardari was received warmly at the Orley Airport by Pakistan’s ambassador to France Shafqat Saeed, French ambassador to Pakistan Philippe Thiebaud and officials of French government and the UNESCO.
The event will pay tributes to Malala Yousafzai, an astonishingly brave 15- year-old-girl who survived an assassination attempt for her determined efforts to defend girls’ education inPakistan. The Taliban had outlawed schools for girls in her native Swat Valley.
A special Malala Fund will be established on this occasion to raise funds for girls’ education throughout the world and Pakistan will announce to provide seed money to establish this Fund.
The event coincides with International Human Rights Day and it will bring together representatives of governments, UN partners, international and bilateral organisations, foundations, donors, civil society, academics, religious leaders, eminent personalities and other stakeholders.
Prime Minister of France Jean-Marc Aryalt, UN Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of UK Gordon Brown and many other leaders will also attend the conference.
During his visit to Birmingham the President inquired about the health conditions of Malala Yousafzai from the hospital administration. He was informed that Malala was making steady progress and had made great improvement on way to full recovery.
The President, who was accompanied by his daughter Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, remained with Malala for sometime.This was the first-ever meeting of Malala with anyone outside her immediate family.
Malala was overjoyed and overwhelmed by President’s kind gesture to specially visit her. Aseefa Bhutto Zardari presented a shawl to Malala on the occasion.The President expressed satisfaction and congratulated Malala over the steady progress she had made on way to full recovery.
Malala’s father Ziauddin Yousafzai was present on the occasion.The President said taking care of Malala was a national responsibility and it was reassuring that the government machinery rose to the occasion. The President also congratulated Ziauddin on fast recovery of his daughter and assured the government’s continued support to Malala and her friends Shazia and Kainaat.
The president came to Parisfrom London, where he visited Malala Yousafzai at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham, to see for himself her health condition.
President Zardari was received warmly at the Orley Airport by Pakistan’s ambassador to France Shafqat Saeed, French ambassador to Pakistan Philippe Thiebaud and officials of French government and the UNESCO.
The event will pay tributes to Malala Yousafzai, an astonishingly brave 15- year-old-girl who survived an assassination attempt for her determined efforts to defend girls’ education inPakistan. The Taliban had outlawed schools for girls in her native Swat Valley.
A special Malala Fund will be established on this occasion to raise funds for girls’ education throughout the world and Pakistan will announce to provide seed money to establish this Fund.
The event coincides with International Human Rights Day and it will bring together representatives of governments, UN partners, international and bilateral organisations, foundations, donors, civil society, academics, religious leaders, eminent personalities and other stakeholders.
Prime Minister of France Jean-Marc Aryalt, UN Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of UK Gordon Brown and many other leaders will also attend the conference.
During his visit to Birmingham the President inquired about the health conditions of Malala Yousafzai from the hospital administration. He was informed that Malala was making steady progress and had made great improvement on way to full recovery.
The President, who was accompanied by his daughter Aseefa Bhutto Zardari, remained with Malala for sometime.This was the first-ever meeting of Malala with anyone outside her immediate family.
Malala was overjoyed and overwhelmed by President’s kind gesture to specially visit her. Aseefa Bhutto Zardari presented a shawl to Malala on the occasion.The President expressed satisfaction and congratulated Malala over the steady progress she had made on way to full recovery.
Malala’s father Ziauddin Yousafzai was present on the occasion.The President said taking care of Malala was a national responsibility and it was reassuring that the government machinery rose to the occasion. The President also congratulated Ziauddin on fast recovery of his daughter and assured the government’s continued support to Malala and her friends Shazia and Kainaat.
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