Pakistan’s interior minister and the foreign ministers of Britain and the UAE visited the English hospital treating Malala Yousafzai on Monday, Britain’s Foreign Office said.
The FO said the trio also met with the father of 15-year-old Malala, who was shot in the head and neck by the Taliban on October 9 as punishment for advocating girls” right to education.
“I visited the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham today to enquire after the health of Malala and to convey messages of good health and best wishes on behalf of the government and the whole Pakistani nation,” said Interior Minister Rehman Malik.
We are grateful to the hospital authorities, especially the doctors treating Malala, for taking care of her in a most professional manner.
British foreign minister William Hague said: “Malala’s swift and full recovery is our absolute priority. But we are also determined to do all we can to champion education for women and girls in Pakistan.
The UAE’s foreign minister, Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahayan, said his government had provided assistance because its citizens were “appalled” by the attack on Malala.