17year Old Malala Wins Nobel Peace Prize

Teenage education campaigner Malala Yousafzai – the young Pakistani who became famous after surviving being shot in the head by the Taliban in 2012, has won a Nobel Peace Prize for fighting for the right of girls to education.

The country’s Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has congratulated Malala, calling her the “pride” of his country:

“She is (the) pride of Pakistan. She has made her countrymen proud. Her achievement is unparallelled and unequalled. Girls and boys of the world should take the lead from her struggle and commitment,”.

17-year-old Pakistani ,Malala Yousafzai and India’s Kailash Satyarthi were on Friday awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for their work in promoting children’s rights.
Malala is the youngest person to be awarded the globally prestigious annual prize, and the the jury had this to say:

“The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided that the Nobel Peace Prize for 2014 is to be awarded to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education,”.