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Malala Yousufzai reaches Pakistan in support of flood-hit people

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai reached Pakistan today to support the flood-hit people.

This is Malala’s second visit since a Taliban militant shot her there in 2012 for advocating girls’ education.

She landed at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi along with her parents early Tuesday morning.

Malala will visit the flood-hit areas to raise awareness about the devastation caused by climate change in Pakistan.

Earlier, In the first week of September, the Malala Fund issued an emergency relief grant to the International Rescue Committee (IRC) which will be used to provide psychosocial support to girls and women in flood-hit Sindh and Balochistan.

The funding will also be used to deliver emergency education services to ensure girls continue their education.

The assistance from the Malala Fund will help repair and rehabilitate ten damaged government schools for girls.

In 2018, she visited first time in Pakistan on four days visit.

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