<p>Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has visited Malala Yousafzai in a hospital in Birmingham where she has been recuperating from a gunshot wound. <br /><br /></p>.<p>President Zardari's daughter Aseefa Bhutto Zardari also accompanied him to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Saturday, the Pakistani state-run APP news agency reported. <br /><br />Hospital director Dave Rosser briefed the president about Malala's health condition. <br />This was the first time Zardari has met Malala. Aseefa presented a shawl to the 15-year-old girl rights campaigner.<br /><br />A Taliban gunman shot Malala in the head Oct 9 when she refused to accept their diktat to not attend school. Two of her schoolmates were also injured in the attack outside their school in the Swat Valley.<br /><br />The nation was proud of Malala and her schoolmates Shazia and Kainaat, President Zardari said. The government was determined to provide education to all girl child, he said.<br /><br />"Our response to the attack is to further promote education and fight the extremist mindset in the country," the APP quoted Zardari as saying.<br /><br />Malala said her family and the people of Swat were grateful to the government for the prompt arrangement for her treatment at the best hospitals in Pakistan and Britain. <br />She said Benazir Bhutto, former prime minster and wife of President Zardari, was her role model and she would endeavour to follow in her footsteps.<br /><br />Zardari said Malala's quick recovery was "the fulfilment of the prayers of millions of people not only in Pakistan but also across the world".<br /><br />He said Malala represented the resilience of Pakistani girls and women. <br />By refusing to bow to the threats of the militants, Malala stood tall today as a champion of girls' education right and against the extremist mindset.<br /><br />President Zardari thanked the British government and the management of Queen Elizabeth Hospital for providing the best medical care to Malala.<br /><br />He also appreciated UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the UNESCO and other international organisations that supported Malala at a most critical time.<br /><br />Malala's father Zia-ud-Din Yousafzai, who is with her at the hospital along with her brothers Khushal Khan and Atal Khan, thanked the president for helping Malala.</p>
<p>Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari has visited Malala Yousafzai in a hospital in Birmingham where she has been recuperating from a gunshot wound. <br /><br /></p>.<p>President Zardari's daughter Aseefa Bhutto Zardari also accompanied him to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital Saturday, the Pakistani state-run APP news agency reported. <br /><br />Hospital director Dave Rosser briefed the president about Malala's health condition. <br />This was the first time Zardari has met Malala. Aseefa presented a shawl to the 15-year-old girl rights campaigner.<br /><br />A Taliban gunman shot Malala in the head Oct 9 when she refused to accept their diktat to not attend school. Two of her schoolmates were also injured in the attack outside their school in the Swat Valley.<br /><br />The nation was proud of Malala and her schoolmates Shazia and Kainaat, President Zardari said. The government was determined to provide education to all girl child, he said.<br /><br />"Our response to the attack is to further promote education and fight the extremist mindset in the country," the APP quoted Zardari as saying.<br /><br />Malala said her family and the people of Swat were grateful to the government for the prompt arrangement for her treatment at the best hospitals in Pakistan and Britain. <br />She said Benazir Bhutto, former prime minster and wife of President Zardari, was her role model and she would endeavour to follow in her footsteps.<br /><br />Zardari said Malala's quick recovery was "the fulfilment of the prayers of millions of people not only in Pakistan but also across the world".<br /><br />He said Malala represented the resilience of Pakistani girls and women. <br />By refusing to bow to the threats of the militants, Malala stood tall today as a champion of girls' education right and against the extremist mindset.<br /><br />President Zardari thanked the British government and the management of Queen Elizabeth Hospital for providing the best medical care to Malala.<br /><br />He also appreciated UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, the UNESCO and other international organisations that supported Malala at a most critical time.<br /><br />Malala's father Zia-ud-Din Yousafzai, who is with her at the hospital along with her brothers Khushal Khan and Atal Khan, thanked the president for helping Malala.</p>