OXFORD: Malala Yousafzai,the youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner, condemned late Sunday the assassination attempt onPakistan's interior minister earlier in the day, Geo News reported.
Yousafzai,who is pursuing a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics at Oxford University, said she was "very sad" over the attack on Ahsan Iqbal, the minister ofinterior, at a corner meeting in his constituency Narowal here on Sunday.
Iqbal was shot at by Abid Hussain, 21, from a 15-yard distance as he entered his vehicle to leave the rally ground in the Kanjrur tehsil, the district police officer had said.
The education activist said she was praying for a quick recovery for the minister, adding that she "thanked Allah" that the attack "did not end up being fatal".
"I wish that every Pakistani [person] remains safe and that no one's life is in danger," she stated.
"I hope for a Pakistan where everyone lives peacefully."