Malala Yousafzai awarded honorary Canadian citizenship
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Nobel Peace laureate Malala Yousafzai received honorary citizenship in Canada and became the youngest person to address the country's Parliament.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau presented her with a framed certificate of citizenship on Wednesday. She's only the sixth person to receive the honor and the youngest ever.
The 19-year-old activist was 15 when she was shot in the head by Taliban militants while returning from school. She was reportedly targeted for advocating women's education.
She won world acclaim for her campaign and was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014.
Yousafzai was originally scheduled to receive her honorary citizenship in 2014 but the Canadian Parliament was stormed by an armed terrorist that day.
Yousafzai says that man called himself a Muslim but did not share her faith.
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Apr 12, 2017 10:17pm
proud what education can do
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Apr 12, 2017 10:19pm
Salute to this brave girl. She is a great inspiration to all other girls in the country facing resistance to girls education.
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Apr 12, 2017 10:34pm
Malala is very brave and true face of Islam. She is spreading message in teachings of Islam that every body irrespective of gender to get educated and seek knowledge. This is a very noble task and good service to humanity.
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Apr 12, 2017 10:40pm
First United Nations now Canada. Another great feat achieved by Malala. My congratulations and
respect to you from New York City.
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Apr 12, 2017 10:40pm
BRAVO, Malala, bravo. Universal education of girls is one of the most important human needs and means to advance human societies. May you be blessed for your efforts and endeavors.
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Apr 12, 2017 10:40pm
Love this child...I know haters attach lot of conspiracies with her but so far they don't have any facts to prove their theories.
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Apr 12, 2017 10:55pm
All those heaps of honour mean just a decorative stunt as millions of girls in Pakistan and in many other third world countries are deprived of education . So what good effect has been produced so far and just by rewarding a single person how many poor people have seen a change in their lives and has any government specially of Pakistan brought or introduced any concrete steps towards the education of girls at wider scales.
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Apr 12, 2017 10:57pm
Malala is the pride of Pakistan.
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Apr 12, 2017 11:00pm
Graceful representation of a brave girl.
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Apr 12, 2017 11:00pm
She is a citizen of the world
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Apr 12, 2017 11:05pm
Congratulations Malala! Your Pakistani sisters and brothers are so very proud of your trailblazing achievements, and wish you continued success, Inshallah! You and your father's diligence and devotion in helping females not only in our beloved Pakistan - also around the globe is truly admirable.
Thank you for letting the world know that true Islam is about peace and not about suicide death bombers, destruction of places of worship, and vicious targeting of innocents. Those false (non) believers who engage in such barbaric anti-Islamic acts are not Muslims in any form or manner, and will be punished on Judgment Day with a most severe perdition meted out by the Almighty.
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Apr 12, 2017 11:07pm
Enjoy Canadian Citizenship!!
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Apr 12, 2017 11:14pm
Great hope for Pakistan
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Apr 12, 2017 11:23pm
Proud of you Malala!!
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Apr 12, 2017 11:25pm
I have nothing for admiration for Malala. I wish all fathers would allow their daughters to become Malala and make us all proud.
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Apr 12, 2017 11:50pm
What the young girl has achieved at her age is no less than a phenomenon and a huge inspiration for all the girls and everyone.
Why she can't be living in Pakistan and why the government doesn't do anything to bring her to her homeland ?
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Apr 13, 2017 12:17am
@Aamir Latif There is no resistance to girls education in Pakistan. Millions of girls are studying in schools all over Pakistan.
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Apr 13, 2017 12:24am
All the respect for this brave and inspirational young woman. I hope we mature enough as a society to deserve her as a future PM of our country.
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Apr 13, 2017 12:36am
Both are top class personalities. She was a conpetent person from a very young age-i know of her speeches at Pak universities and forums when she was a around 10-13.
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Apr 13, 2017 12:39am
Who is she and what are the long term future objectives by North American government by giving exceptional treatment more than a arm length? A sensible and wise think tank is needed.
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Apr 13, 2017 12:39am
Love you Malala. You are doing a great job in all front, education, representing, Pakistan and Islam. Your dressing is so elegant . Do not get discouraged by some haters in Pakistan. Thank you.
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Apr 13, 2017 12:40am
Canadian prime minister is awesome. Congratulations to Malala.
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Apr 13, 2017 02:21am
Congratulations Malala. We are proud of you.
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Apr 13, 2017 02:39am
Dawn Admin, Please show the video when Malala is addressing Canadian Parliament, it is great, something to be proud and to be remembered.
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Apr 13, 2017 03:21am
@Asif Akbar Majority of comments from various people around the world for Malala on DAWN
have been full of praise except yours? I fail to understand why you are against a 19 year old
Pakistani girl who has earned so much respect for herself and her Pakistani Nation internationally?
Be patient I am sure as she grows she will certainly do a lot for the Pakistani girls.Millions of
people follow one person who is called the Leader and that is what Malala will be.
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Apr 13, 2017 03:45am
Congratulation! You are a great Pushtoon.
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Apr 13, 2017 04:36am
So proud of her achievements
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Apr 13, 2017 05:04am
I am proud of Malala, Canada and Canadian prime minister, A really great man. Thank you Canada.
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Apr 13, 2017 06:13am
@Asif Akbar Why are you blaming her...........
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Apr 13, 2017 06:50am
Wish she can walk freely in Pakistan
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Apr 13, 2017 06:56am
What Canada has done is adpoted the good citizen of Pakistan as one of its own. Now Pakistanis can't complain she hasn't done anything for Pakistan. She can spread her message of education and peace in another country.
Those still baffled at the deeper than ocean conspiracy theories about the reasons for this citizenship can continue to churn their brains for something inderministic instead of doing what they claim Malala isn't doing, and themselves helping Pakistan become better.
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Apr 13, 2017 07:32am
This honorary citizenship doesn't come with all the rights and privileges which a Canadian citizen enjoy. It's an honor for her and for Pakistan but she will still need a visa to enter Canada. Just a party spoiler here.
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Apr 13, 2017 08:34am
Well done Malalah
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Apr 13, 2017 09:00am
I am still at a loss to understand what Malala did (on her own) that has earned the Nobel Prize and all other laurels that followed.
I bet that most including those who have commented here in praise of Malala do not know what her contribution was. They are just taking pride in the fact that she is from Pakistan.
Malala was West's proxy and had zero contribution of her own.
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Apr 13, 2017 09:04am
Congratulations
Get away as far as possible from Pakistan.
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Apr 13, 2017 09:08am
I have no conspiracies in mind, but am unable to digest reasons for awarding her Nobel prize, Canadian citizenship other prestigious awards. Thousands of other women in Pakistan are doing even greater work for humanity and even dyeing for their cause, so why Malala?
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Apr 13, 2017 09:11am
Malala,Pakistan's Ambassador of Girls Education,now an honorable Canadian Citezen as well.Welcome to Canada.
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Apr 13, 2017 09:12am
we are proud of you , Malala!
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Apr 13, 2017 09:18am
This is called luck without doing much social work.
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Apr 13, 2017 10:26am
She sure is working for education of girls / women in Pakistan by getting foreign citizenship.
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Apr 13, 2017 12:44pm
Malala, the Pride of Pakistan, looks so graceful walking with Mr.Justin Trudeau , the Prime minister of Canada, in the Hall of Honour on Parliament Hill.
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