ISLAMABAD – Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has arrived in Pakistan on a visit, sources confirmed it to Pakistan Observer.
Sources said she is expected to meet high-level officials and diplomats in capital city Islamabad during the visit.
Malala is also expected to travel to the north of Pakistan for other engagements.
Earlier, Malala Yousafzai visited Pakistan in March 2025, when she went to her native Barkana village in Shangla district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. It was her first visit to her childhood hometown since she survived a Taliban attack in 2012.
Before that, she had traveled to Pakistan in January 2025 to participate in an education summit held in Islamabad.
Malala Yousafzai, who has been voicing for girls education, was targeted in October 2012 while returning home from school when a Taliban gunman stopped her school bus and identified her before shooting her in the head.
She was later transferred for treatment to Birmingham, England, where she regained consciousness 10 days after the attack. Medical staff informed her about what had happened and the widespread support and prayers she had received from people across the world.
Following a long period of medical treatment, surgeries and rehabilitation, Malala reunited with her family in the United Kingdom, where they had relocated.
In July 2013, on her 16th birthday, she addressed the United Nations and called for global efforts to ensure every child has access to education. The UN later designated July 12 as Malala Day to recognise her campaign for girls’ education and to draw attention to the worldwide fight for educational rights.
Alongside her father, who has been a key supporter of her activism, Malala founded the Malala Fund, an organisation focused on helping girls access education and pursue their own futures.
In December 2014, she was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the youngest person ever to receive the honour.
