Candlelight vigil for Malala Yousafzai

Malala Yousafzai, Pakistan's first National Peace Award winner, was shot and seriously injured by unidentified gunmen in the country's Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.

Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousafzai is an activist from Pakistan's Mingora district in Swat Valley. The ninth-grade student has criticised Taliban for its opposition to women's empowerment in the country.

Malala Yousafzai was on her way home from school when an attacker wearing police uniform stopped the school bus and opened fire at her.

When Taliban banned education for females in the district, she not only continued her education but also raised voice for women and children's rights by writing letters to foreign radio stations and newspapers.

Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack on Malala Yousafzai, saying they would target her again if she survives because she was a 'secular-minded lady'.

Malala Yousafzai was sent to Britain for further treatment following a decision of the board of doctors treating her in the military hospital in Rawalpindi.

Malala was shot and seriously injured in the country's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province on October 9 when she was returning home from school.

Supporter of Pakistani political party Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), reacts while holding a poster of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot on October 9 by the Taliban for speaking out in support of education for women.

Afghan students express their support for Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai outside their school in Herat, Afghanistan.

A woman supporter of a Pakistani religious group 'Minhaj-ul-Quran' holds a poster of 14-year-old schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai, who was shot on October 9 by the Taliban, during a demonstration in Islamabad.