Pakistan Girl Campaigner Critical After Shooting by Taliban
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A 14-year-old Pakistan activist shot in the head by Taliban gunmen after she campaigned for girls’ education in the insurgency-hit valley where she lived is in a critical condition and may be flown overseas for treatment.
Doctors were attempting to control swelling around Malala Yousufzai’s wounds, Syed Zahir Ali Shah, health minister in the northwestern province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, said in comments broadcast by television channels. Options for further treatment are being considered after President Asif Ali Zardari ordered last night that arrangements be made should she need to travel abroad for surgery.