MALALA has been just sent to UK for further treatment Commandos squad took her to Air Port
By NBC News
The Pakistani schoolgirl shot and critically wounded by the Taliban for promoting education for girls and criticizing the militant group is en route to the UK for further medical treatment, Pakistan military officials told NBC News on Monday.
As doctors debated whether to send Malala Yousafzai abroad for care, thousands rallied in her name, including hundreds of schoolgirls who gathered in Afghanistan. NBC's Amna Nawaz reports.
"The plane has left this morning for UK" the spokesman told NBC's Fakhar Rehman.
Earlier, a medical team from the United Arab Emirates was sent to facilitate the transfer of 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai to a hospital outside Pakistan, a UAE news agency reported on Sunday.
"The panel of doctors recommended that Malala be shifted abroad to a UK center which has the capability to provide integrated care to children who have sustained severe injury," a statement from the Pakistani military said Monday.
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It was agreed by a panel of Pakistani doctors and international experts that Yousufzai will require prolonged care to fully recover from the physical and psychological trauma, the military statement said.
Yousufzai's family was consulted and their wishes were taken into consideration, the military said.
Yousufzai was leaving school in her hometown in the Swat Valley in northwest Pakistan when she was shot in the head and neck by the Taliban for speaking out against the militants and promoting education for girls.
On Sunday, tens of thousands rallied in Pakistan's largest city in support of Yousufzai.
Slideshow: Schoolgirl attacked by Taliban in Pakistan
Shakil Adil / AP
Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai was shot by the Taliban on Tuesday for speaking out against the militants and promoting education for girls. Doctors reported Saturday Yousufzai moved her hands and feet.
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The demonstration in the southern city of Karachi was by far the largest since Yousufzai and two of her classmates were shot on Oct. 9 while returning home from school in Pakistan's northwest.
The attack horrified people inside and outside Pakistan and sparked hope among some that it would prompt the government to intensify its fight against the Taliban and their allies.
But protests against the shooting have been relatively small until now, usually attracting no more than a few hundred people. That response pales in comparison to the tens of thousands of people who held violent protests in Pakistan last month against a film produced in the United States that denigrated Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
By NBC News
The Pakistani schoolgirl shot and critically wounded by the Taliban for promoting education for girls and criticizing the militant group is en route to the UK for further medical treatment, Pakistan military officials told NBC News on Monday.
As doctors debated whether to send Malala Yousafzai abroad for care, thousands rallied in her name, including hundreds of schoolgirls who gathered in Afghanistan. NBC's Amna Nawaz reports.
"The plane has left this morning for UK" the spokesman told NBC's Fakhar Rehman.
Earlier, a medical team from the United Arab Emirates was sent to facilitate the transfer of 14-year-old Malala Yousufzai to a hospital outside Pakistan, a UAE news agency reported on Sunday.
"The panel of doctors recommended that Malala be shifted abroad to a UK center which has the capability to provide integrated care to children who have sustained severe injury," a statement from the Pakistani military said Monday.
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It was agreed by a panel of Pakistani doctors and international experts that Yousufzai will require prolonged care to fully recover from the physical and psychological trauma, the military statement said.
Yousufzai's family was consulted and their wishes were taken into consideration, the military said.
Yousufzai was leaving school in her hometown in the Swat Valley in northwest Pakistan when she was shot in the head and neck by the Taliban for speaking out against the militants and promoting education for girls.
On Sunday, tens of thousands rallied in Pakistan's largest city in support of Yousufzai.
Slideshow: Schoolgirl attacked by Taliban in Pakistan
Shakil Adil / AP
Fourteen-year-old Malala Yousufzai was shot by the Taliban on Tuesday for speaking out against the militants and promoting education for girls. Doctors reported Saturday Yousufzai moved her hands and feet.
Launch slideshow
The demonstration in the southern city of Karachi was by far the largest since Yousufzai and two of her classmates were shot on Oct. 9 while returning home from school in Pakistan's northwest.
The attack horrified people inside and outside Pakistan and sparked hope among some that it would prompt the government to intensify its fight against the Taliban and their allies.
But protests against the shooting have been relatively small until now, usually attracting no more than a few hundred people. That response pales in comparison to the tens of thousands of people who held violent protests in Pakistan last month against a film produced in the United States that denigrated Islam's Prophet Muhammad.
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