Islamabad:
Speaking at a conference on girls’ education, Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai has severely criticized the rulers in power in Afghanistan, saying that the Taliban do not consider women as human beings and have deprived them of the right to education for a decade.
A 2-day international conference on girls’ education, opportunities and challenges in Muslim societies is going on in Islamabad.
Malala Yousafzai while addressing the world conference said that she said thanks to the Muslim World League for bringing us together here.
He said that 120 million girls in the world could not go to school, 10 million girls could not go to school in Pakistan.
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He said that the purpose of this conference will not be fulfilled if we do not talk about the education of Afghan girls, since the Taliban has taken away the right to education for a decade.
Malala Yousafzai said that the Taliban have made more than a hundred laws to take away the rights of women, the Taliban do not consider women as human beings.
He said that Taliban present their crimes as cultural and religious justification, we must make it very clear that there is nothing Islamic about it, these policies do not reflect the teachings of Islam.
Malala Yousafzai said that these are violations of human rights, which cannot be justified by any cultural or religious excuse.
It should be remembered that the Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai had arrived in Pakistan yesterday to participate in the conference on girls’ education.
Malala Yousafzai was received by the Parliamentary Secretary Education on her arrival in Pakistan.
In her X message, Malala said she was excited to attend a conference on girls’ education with Muslim leaders from around the world.
She had said that she would speak at the conference about the right of all girls to go to school and holding the Taliban accountable for crimes against Afghan women and girls.
Hosted by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, a 2-day international conference titled “Women’s Education Challenges and Opportunities in Muslim Societies” is ongoing at the Jinnah Convention Center in which around 150 delegations from 44 countries are participating.
The conference is being jointly hosted by the Islamic League and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif.
The conference was inaugurated at Jinnah Convention Center by Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif, OIC Secretary General Hussain Brahim Taha, Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar and other ministers participated in the opening ceremony of the conference.
The purpose of the conference is to establish a network between governments, Islamic and civil organizations regarding the education of girls.