After Malala, another Swat tyro nominated for International Children’s Peace Prize
Hira Akbar. PHOTO: Express
SWAT: Fourteen-year-old Hira Akbar has turn a second tyro from Swat district after Malala Yousafzai to be nominated for a International Children’s Peace Prize.
She is among 6 students shortlisted out of 200 opposite a universe for a award.
“I’ll continue my onslaught for a rights of my fellow students in a district,” Hira told The Express Tribune at her home in Saidu Sharif.
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“The [award] assignment has encouraged me to essay for children’s rights opposite a province,” she added.
Hira Akbar during her home in Saidu Sharif. PHOTO: Express
Hira, a orator of a Child Rights Committee’s parliament, has been nominated for a endowment for her efforts for children’s rights in Swat.
Malala, who was shot by a Taliban belligerent after campaigning for girls’ right to education, had won a prestigious International Children’s Peace Prize in 2013.
The International Children’s Peace Prize, an beginning of a Dutch formed KidsRights Foundation, was launched in 2005 by former Soviet personality Mikhail Gorbachev, when he chaired a Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome.
It carries a money value of 100,000 euros ($133,000) that is invested in projects relating to a winner’s cause.
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