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Malala Yousafzai, Imran Khan condemn burning of schools in Pakistan
Updated On: 04 August, 2018 02:55 PM IST | Islamabad | PTI
The schools were burnt down late Friday by unidentified assailants in coordinated attacks in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan, triggering protest by local residents who sought safety for educational institutions
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Malala Yousafzai
Youngest ever Nobel Laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai has strongly condemned the burning down of 12 schools, half of them all-girls', in Pakistan, saying the "extremists" have shown that a "girl with a book" frightens them the most.
The schools were burnt down late Friday by unidentified assailants in coordinated attacks in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan, triggering protest by local residents who sought safety for educational institutions.
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