Malala, family land in Lahore
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Pakistan’s education activist and Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai landed in Lahore on Tuesday, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.
Malala along with her family arrived in Lahore through Virgin Atlantic’s flight VS-364.
During her week-long stay in Pakistan, Malala will also call on Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi.
According to reports, in Lahore there are several things on Malala Yousafzai and her father Ziauddin Yousafzai’s agenda including promoting access to science, technology, engineering, arts and mathematics (STEAM) education for young girls and a fellowship programme that trains teachers in Pakistan.
During their stay here, they will be speaking to key stakeholders in education, government, the development community, media, digital cultural creators, students and youth, along with advocates from the Malala Fund Education Champion Network and partners.
Malala and her father will join an academic delegation from the Oxford Pakistan Programme (OPP) and the Malala Fund team, across a series of events, to increase awareness of the OPP within Pakistan, with focus on science education for Pakistani girls.
The promotion of secondary school-aged girls’ access to STEAM education is a major pillar of the Malala Fund in Pakistan, who are currently working with the Ministry of Federal Education to implement an ambitious programme on STEAM education to reform 13,000 government high schools across Pakistan.
Malala had last visited Pakistan in October to meet with young women and families from flood-impacted communities of Sindh and to call on the international community to increase aid to Pakistan.
During the trip, Malala had announced Malala Fund’s commitment to pledge $700,000 to organisations in Pakistan to support flood relief.
Reporter Saeed Ahmad