'I love Pakistan,' says Malala in response to hate

ISLAMABAD - Malala Yousafzai, the world’s youngest-ever Nobel prize winner, in response to a campaign against her says she loves Pakistan and wants to work for its betterment.

Talking about 'Western agent' remarks in an interview with BBC, Malala said: “I don’t understand why they oppose me... I love Pakistan and I want a better future for this country".

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In the interview, which is yet to be published, the Nobel laureate said: "...my focus is only working for the good, I do not even look at these comments...”.

Malala, who is visiting Pakistan nearly after six years when she was shot in the head by a Taliban gunman in 2012 for advocating education for girls, said: "Pakistan is my home".

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Secunder Kermani, the interviewer, in his tweets citing Malala said that she eventually wants to move back here permanently to continue to work for “equality for all”.

'I am not Malala Day'

On Thursday, private teachers announced a decision to mark ‘I am not Malala Day’ in schools across Pakistan, unwelcoming the world’s youngest-ever Nobel prize winner on her return after six long years.

“The purpose behind the decision is to reveal the truth of Malala’s real episode,” said Mirza Kashif Ali, President All Pakistan Private Schools Federation (APPSF).

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The largest organisation representing a total of 173,000 private schools, has been boycotting the Nobel laureate’s autobiography ‘I am Malala’, in which the 20-year-old relives horror of Taliban shooting in the mid-2000s and hints at her ambition to enter Pakistani politics.

In 2015, the Association launched a novel – “I am Not Malala, I am a Muslim, I am Pakistani” – while banning Malala’s first book in all private schools and colleges calling her ‘a darling of the west and Shiv Sena’.

“We found Malala’s book highly controversial, and contrary to the ideology of Islam and Pakistan,” Ali said in a statement.

Dreamt of Coming Home

Nobel laureate broke into tears in front of a packed hall in Islamabad as he expressed her views upon return to the country after a span of six years.

‘Happy to be back home but I still can’t believe this’ said the 20-year-old global figure as he addressed a ceremony in PM House on Thursday.

The social activist in her brief speech said that she dreamt of returning back to the country while in UK.

“From growing up in Swat and then the attack, to have to leave the country. Everything was happening by itself and I could not control anything,” said an emotional youngster.

“I am just 20-year-old, even then I had endured so much in life, if it were up to me, I would never have left this place,” Malala continued to a thunderous applause from the audience.