President enquires about health of Shazia and Kainat, directs authorities for provision of free medical care to them

Islamabad, October 13, 2012 (PPI-OT): President Asif Ali Zardari has asked the concerned government authorities to also provide free medical care to the other two students injured in the attack on Malala Yousufzai.

Spokesperson Senator Farhatullah Babar said that the President today enquired about the health of Shazia and Kainat the school fellows of Malala who were travelling with her in the same van and were brutally attacked by the militants.

The President said that the quest for knowledge of all these children despite threats had illumined the path for all. They represented the true face of Pakistan, were a national asset and had raised collective national consciousness against the barbarism of militants and extremists, he said.

The President called for report on their condition as well as free medical care, the spokesperson said.

The President also prayed for early recovery of Malala, Shazia and Kaainat. FB

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