Malala Yousafzai had arrived in Pakistan early Thursday morning, nearly six years after she left the country following an assassination attempt by the Taliban in 2012. Photo: AFP/file

 

ISLAMABAD: Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani Nobel laureate and education activist, has reached the Prime Minister House for a meeting with Pakistan's premier Shahid Khaqan Abbasi today (Thursday). 

State minister for information Marriyum Aurangzeb, Anusha Rehman and Marvi Memon are also attending the meeting, Geo News reported. 

The social activist is also expected to meet Chief of Army Staff General Qamar Javed Bajwa later in the day. 

The 20-year-old will also participate in the 'Meet the Malala' programme during her four-day stay in Pakistan, the details of which have been kept secret. 

Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan

The Pakistani Nobel laureate will stay in country for four days, hold meetings with PM and other key figures

Yousafzai had arrived in Pakistan early Thursday morning, nearly six years after she left the country following an assassination attempt by the Taliban in 2012. Her parents are accompanying her on the trip to her native country.

In October 2012, Yousafzai ? then 15 years old ? was shot in the head at point-blank range by Taliban gunmen as she was returning from her school in Swat valley.

She suffered bullet injuries and was admitted to the military hospital Peshawar but was later flown to London for further treatment.

The shooting drew widespread international condemnation.

She has become an internationally recognised symbol of resistance to the Taliban's efforts of denying women education and other rights.

In 2014, Yousafzai became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize at the age of 17 in recognition of her efforts for children's rights.