WASHINGTON: Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, who survived being shot in the head by the Taliban, said Wednesday she sees the more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Islamist militants in Nigeria as her sisters.
Speaking on CNN, Malala said the extremist group Boko Haram behind the mass abduction does not understand Islam and has not studied the Koran.
“They are actually misusing the name of Islam because they have forgotten that the word Islam means ‘peace,’” Malala said.
She added: “When I heard about the girls in Nigeria being abducted I felt very sad and I thought that my sisters are in prison and I thought that I should speak up for them.”
Malala was shot by a Taliban gunman in 2012 over her outspoken views on education for girls in her home region of northwest Pakistan.
Court frees FBI agent on bail
KARACHI: An American FBI agent who was arrested in Pakistan for trying to board a plane while carrying ammunition was released on bail yesterday, officials said.
The unnamed agent was arrested at Karachi airport on Monday when security staff found him carrying 15 bullets for a 9mm handgun during routine checks for a flight to the capital Islamabad.
A court in Karachi approved the bail application and ordered payment of a bond worth one million Pakistani rupees ($10,000), senior police officer Rao Anwar said.
US officials in the southern port city collected him from a police station after the payment was deposited.
“The FBI agent has been handed over to the US consulate in Karachi,” a police spokesman said.
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