Malala Yousaf Zai: The Heroine

   

                                               Malala Yousaf Zai: The Heroine

The whole Nation went into shock and mourning on hearing the heart wrenching news of 15 year old Malala YousafZai being shot by TTP at point blank range. According to eye witnesses two young boys stopped the school vain, one talked to the driver while the other rushed into back of the vain, asked one Question, "WHO IS Malala", shot the young lady from point blank range, three bullets were fired, one hitting Malala while two hit her friends. She and her friends were rushed to nearby Mingora Hospital. The news spread like wild fire in the country, everyone felt the pain of the horrifying event. Early reports suggested that there was little hope that brave girl will survive the trauma.

 Question must be asked what on earth happened in last one year that  Malala from a Pakistani Sweat Heart turned into a villain for many Pakistanis, what  had she  done to earn such an hatred among different sections of life. I still remember before that incident she used to appear in many talk shows, was treated as a celebrity and role model for the youth, a voice that had the courage to stand against mighty Taliban. Was very vocal for Women rights and their education, remained on Media Fore front during the successful Swat operation,  she appeared in many talk shows and celebrated the victory with armed forces and every citizen of Pakistan. She was passionate and hopeful that finally her home would get rid of terrorist, she and other girls could move freely and get education.

She was made controversial even before she was shot but nobody cared because everyone considered her the voice against oppressive regime of Taliban. Her pictures with Foreign Ambassadors floated in Social Media, she was termed as the conspirator and tool in foreign hands (NGOs) working against her own Nation. The day she was shot the whole Nation was in mourning, the day she was transported to England for specialised treatment, Rehabilitation and Cranial Reconstructive Surgery, the conspirator started spilling the beans, terming Malala a foreign agent, even few declared her injury as fake, the Social Media was flooded with different kind of pictures and conspiracy theories regarding her injury.

Now let us weave the whole story thread by thread and different stories sold in the market by conspirators. Without wasting any time let me assure that Malala Yousaf Zai was shot at point blank range, with entry wound just on top of left eye, grazing the brain, damaging the left ear and reaching left shoulder. So all that saved Malala Yousaf Zai was a miracle ( God's Help ) plus bullet sparing the brain by one-two inches. Below is the image from Malala Skull showing the entry point and exit point.

Now credit must be given to the Team of Doctors in Pakistan, who carried out the initial surgery, skillfully  restructuring the severely damaged facial nerve, removing the bullet, which  proved life saving in the end, in fact Malala's Doctor in UK was very categorical  about  the initial handling of Malala in Pakistan as the main reason of her survival, from Mingora to Swat to Peshawar to Rawalpindi, everything was done methodically, professionally and skillfully. We all can see the visible tilt to her facial gesture because of that damaged facial nerve which was  very masterly reconstructed even UK Doctors were very impressed by the skill and technique of Pakistani Neuro Surgeons. She was send to UK because Pakistan lacked the facility for the rehabilitation and Cranial Reconstructive Surgery. She remained in Birmingham hospital for three months, where a "Titanium Skull"  and "Ear Implant" was placed. She lost her hearing  but fortunately she will be able to hear from her left ear within a year or so Inshallah. Below is the 3D image of the Titanium  and Ear Implant. Hopefully this debate will end here and all the pictures circulating in the Social Media will be removed immediately.

Secondly, argument raised against the child that she is a foreign agent playing in their Master's hands to fulfil their hidden agenda and malign her own country. For God Sake she was  fifteen year old when she was shot, she is now sixteen, how on earth, a girl so young,  can hatch such plots against her own country, yes her handler's may have their motives but how on earth this makes the little Doll the Traitor ??. All  she  talks, is Education for Children and  women, Even during her address in Untied Nations she begged  to stop this War, give books and pen in the hands of Young Children instead of Guns and Bombs.  Many of us have raised objections, why Malala has been given so much coverage in international Media why she was given such importance and hype ??. Let me tell you, a girl surviving a point blank range bullet shot, a girl daring a mindset,  automatically becomes important and special for Western countries, which nobody could imagine in those areas, on top of that  their help saved the girl's life what's the big issue  ? does that equate her to a traitor. Finally, many question, why she has been given so many awards, she never deserved , Abdul Sattar Eidi and Arfa Karim deserve more. The answer is simple, who is stopping you people, give them as many awards as you want, Eidi Sahib has done amazing service to this Nation, Arfa was a childhood genius, but they were Pakistani Hero's as Malala  but Malala has got International dimension attached to her that is "War On Terror" plus she was fortunate enough to have a second life and flown to UK for specialised treatment.

Having said all, let me put some Question's to you people, 1) why can't we accept the fact that a fifteen year old girl defying all the odds had challenged the Mindset while we all in our domains failed to do that, she  was living in Swat,  area captured by Taliban but  she resisted and raised her voice for women education, stayed there despite numerous threats to her life ??. 2) She stayed back, once Operation was complete in Swat Vally despite having easy option to study in any school in the country, in fact the best one but she preferred her hometown ??. 3) Is this Malala's fault that she was shot from a point blank range while she was threatened several time's, is this Malala's fault that our Law Enforcement Agencies failed to protect her ??. 4) Is this Malala's fault that she couldn't be treated in Pakistan because we lack the facility of  specialised treatment ??. 5) Is this Malala's fault that we can't protect her  if she decides to come home, we all know what happened to Mohtrama Benazir Bhutto, two time Prime Minister when she came ????.

Yes her only fault was that she dared a particular mindset, she fought for her rights, she raised her voice for other women's rights. Let's accept it gracefully we were sitting in our cosy lounges when that brave girl dared the Taliban, when nobody else in their wildest dreams could have thought so. Let's accept, she has given hope, not only to thousands of women and children in her area but she is a phenomenon around the Globe. Tell me how many of us would have thought a Young Pakistani addressing the United Nation's and the World Leaders listening to her, the Whole World coming to a stand still while she was addressing, Let's be honest how many of us would have thought that her book "I AM Malala" on her release will immediately become a best seller, How many of us thought that a Young Pakistani will be nominated for "Nobel's" a  very strong contender. Malala has only brought joy and laurels to this Nation, I don't care who is handling her what are their motive's and  what they are trying to achieve, all I care is, that Malala has given me a hope, an ambition that anything is possible and can be achieved , if you believe in yourself.