That is pure BS, she was already superior to many.
Read her story and see the contradictions, a few I observed.
-In our society when father become ill (as she claims in her contrived story), daughters are married off, not sent to school.
-when her family found a match for her, they made sure that she completes her education. (her family supported her)
-There were only 50 females out of 6000 males students, because normally Pakistani women do not go in that profession, you go to a medical university and situation might be totally different
-She was not allowed to raise her hand or ask a question in the class, come on she can do better than that, even a village girl in Pakistan will never say that.
-She can't look anywhere except ground, LOL, we all know that's not true.
- She had no phone, no money, nowhere to go, in the middle of nowhere just like a movie? nice story
In my opinion she was just trying to pretend as another Malala. Women in Pakistan are as free as anywhere else in the world. Her contrived story is just a lame attempt to make her achievement look greater than what it is by showing as though whole of Pakistan was out opposing her. Shame on her for defaming the very country that provided her the basis for further education and advancement.
Shame on her for getting education using the scarce resources of the country and then defaming it.
I pity her on her mentality, and write her off as a Pakistani citizen.
According to her, the CO was afraid her men would start a rebellion because they didn't want to have a woman as their superior.
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