The 15-year-old was shot in the head by a Taliban assassin as she took a bus home from school in the country’s North West in early October.
She was flown to Britain shortly after and has been receiving life-saving treatment at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Malala Yousufzai says goodbye to the nurses at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham (PA)
She was discharged from hospital yesterday, less than three months after the attack, after doctors decided that “she would benefit from being at home” with her parents and two brothers, officials said.
She is set to undergo complex cranial reconstruction surgery later this month or early next month “as part of her long-term recovery”, doctors said.
In recent weeks she has left hospital during regular “home leave” visits to spend time with her father Ziauddin Yousafzai, mother Toorpekai and younger brothers, Khushal and Atul, the hospital said.
During those visits “assessments have been carried out by her medical team to ensure she can continue to make good progress outside the hospital”.
This led to the decision to authorise her release to her “temporary home” in the West Midlands, where she will continue her rehabilitation.
Malala Yousufzai shakes hands with nurses at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham (Picture: PA)
In pictures released today, she is seen wearing a scarf and a grey dress, waving and smiling at the camera with two nurses in the background.
In a separate video she is seen walking slowly from her room holding the hands of one of the nurses before waving at other members of staff and waiting cameras.
When she was shot on October 9 last year, the bullet entered just above her left eye and ran along her jaw, “grazing” her brain.
It was later removed by surgeons in Pakistan before she was flown to the UK. Her British doctors have been delighted with her ongoing recovery.
Malala Yousufzai is seen recuperating after being shot in the head by Taliban gunmen (Picture: REUTERS)
She has been treated by the hospital’s numerous specialist doctors and medical experts from Birmingham Children’s Hospital.
The medical team has included clinicians from Neurosurgery, Imaging, Trauma and Therapies.
Dave Rosser, the hospital’s medical director, said that Malala had “continued to make great progress in her treatment”.
“Malala is a strong young woman and has worked hard with the people caring for her to make excellent progress in her recovery,” he said.
“Following discussions with Malala and her medical team, we decided that she would benefit from being at home with her parents and two brothers.
Malala Yousufzai was shot by the Taliban, during a rally in Lahore on 14 October 2012 (Picture: GETTY IMAGES)
“She will return to the hospital as an outpatient and our therapies team will continue to work with her at home to supervise her onward care.”
Malala has said she wants to return to Pakistan but she will remain a target for as long as terrorism threatens the country, officials told The Daily Telegraph.
Since the attack a campaign for her to be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize has gathered momentum.
She first rose to prominence aged just 11 with a blog for the BBC Urdu service in 2009, in which she described life in Swat during the bloody rule of the Taliban.
Her calls for improved education for girls attracted the attention of the Taliban, ultimately leading to the attempt on her life.
Her release came after her father was announced as Pakistan’s education attache at its consulate in Birmingham.
Both he and his daughter have had threats made against their lives by the Taliban since the shooting.
Mr Yousafzai will initially undertake the role for three years, but could get a two-year extension as his daughter continues her recovery, Pakistani officials said.
The Pakistani High Commission’s decision to appoint Mr Yousafzai to its staff makes it increasingly likely that Malala and her family will remain in Britain long-term.
The appointment is a direct result of Pakistan’s President Asif Ali Zardari visiting Malala and her father in hospital on December 8, officials said.
The family declined requests to comment today.
Students pray for the recovery of schoolgirl Malala Yousufzai in a school in Mingora (Picture: REUTERS)
Yes she should return home to pakistan, the NHS is on its knees because if third world immigrants who never have and never will pay into it pushing their way to the front of the queue and recieveing medical attention that was intended for British people who paid for ut, yes i feel sorry for people that have to live in pakistan but its what they voted for, if any help is given it should be to the young christian girl with downes syndrime who is living with the constant threat of being burnt alive by these savages because she is not a muslim, is handicapped and is female, and therefore doesnt deserve to be alive, when are the British government going to get off their arse and do something to help her, every single time muslims are given favourable treatment, despite the fact they follow a religion that encourages rape, murder, theft, deception, hatred to others and is a pedophiles dream where all muslims are encouraged to follow the example of mohammed who was himself a pedophile
The case of Malala Yousafzai, the 14-year-old Pakistani social activist who is now struggling for her life after pro-Taliban militants attacked her, has captured the world’s attention with international media giving vast coverage to the incident.
However, many in Pakistan allege that Western media has been giving undue coverage to the incident only to support the unjustifiable interests of the US in its so-called war against terror.
A day after the attack on the Malala Yousufzai, 18 people were killed when a US drone fired missiles in Pakistan’s Orakzai Agency near the Afghan border.
This was one of the hundreds of US assassination drone attacks that have killed innocent civilians in thousands in Pakistan’s northwest. The attack hardly got global attention owing to the ongoing Western media’s successful campaign to divert public opinion against pro-Taliban militants whom Barak Obama has called a silver lining.
Washington claims drone strikes have been targeting Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked militants, however, reports by locals show only civilians have been killed in these attacks.
Besides, the fact that the attack on Malala has come at a time when US assassination drone strikes have been making news across the country with the long march staged by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf party drawing global attention to the issue, is becoming a constant concern for observers.
Observers also say that the attack on Malala has equally helped switch public attention from the country’s top issues like US assassination drone attacks, corruption and law and order situation that has plagued the country since Pakistan joined the so-called US-led war on terror.
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re: Brother Iftikhar
In my heart, the loss of any life is an utter tragedy. I view all human beings, regardless of race, religion or any other factor, as children of the One Lord thy God.
To view any human otherwise would be hypocritical. All lives are of great, irreplacable value.
Personally, I am against war and all forms of violence. While I do understand that some situations may require a defensive measure of force to protect and defend the lives of the innocent from an act of aggression, overall violence and war just begets more violence and war.
The tenets of my faith are contrary to the world we live in today… although, if followed by all… war would end tomorrow.
Baruch Haba B’Shem Adonai.
Shabbat Shalom.
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Its an often used tactic of muslims to surround themselves with women and children, in that way any retaliation that results in the loss of their lives can be used as propaganda, its been used by the palestinians comprehensibly against israel. when muslims start to care about muslim women and children maybe then the west should.