Pakistani girl activist recovering but slowly
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October 15, 2012, Monday
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A PAKISTANI schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban in retaliation for her campaign for the right to education, is making "slow and steady progress" in her recovery, the military said yesterday.
The shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai has been denounced worldwide and by the Pakistani authorities, who have offered a reward of more than US$100,000 for the capture of her attackers.
She is being treated at the country's top military hospital in Rawalpindi, the twin city of the capital Islamabad, and on Saturday she showed signs of improvement by moving her hands and feet, though she was still unconscious and on a ventilator.
"Doctors have reviewed Malala's condition and are satisfied," military spokesman Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa said yesterday.
"She is making slow and steady progress which is in keeping with expectations. Recovery from this type of injury is always slow."
No decision has yet been made on whether to send Malala abroad for treatment, Bajwa said.
The cold-blooded murder attempt has sickened Pakistan, where Malala came to prominence with a blog for the BBC highlighting atrocities under the Taliban, who terrorized the Swat Valley from 2007 until a 2009 army offensive.
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf visited Malala on Friday, paying tribute to her and two friends who were also wounded when a gunman boarded their school bus last Tuesday and opened fire.
Schools and mosques across Pakistan held special prayers for the schoolgirl.
The shooting of 14-year-old Malala Yousafzai has been denounced worldwide and by the Pakistani authorities, who have offered a reward of more than US$100,000 for the capture of her attackers.
She is being treated at the country's top military hospital in Rawalpindi, the twin city of the capital Islamabad, and on Saturday she showed signs of improvement by moving her hands and feet, though she was still unconscious and on a ventilator.
"Doctors have reviewed Malala's condition and are satisfied," military spokesman Major General Asim Saleem Bajwa said yesterday.
"She is making slow and steady progress which is in keeping with expectations. Recovery from this type of injury is always slow."
No decision has yet been made on whether to send Malala abroad for treatment, Bajwa said.
The cold-blooded murder attempt has sickened Pakistan, where Malala came to prominence with a blog for the BBC highlighting atrocities under the Taliban, who terrorized the Swat Valley from 2007 until a 2009 army offensive.
Prime Minister Raja Pervez Ashraf visited Malala on Friday, paying tribute to her and two friends who were also wounded when a gunman boarded their school bus last Tuesday and opened fire.
Schools and mosques across Pakistan held special prayers for the schoolgirl.
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