Malala Yousafzai: Taliban shooting victim to go to UK

The Pakistani girl shot in the head by Taliban gunmen last week is being sent to the UK for medical treatment, the Pakistani army has said.

The army said that Malala Yousafzai, 14, needed "prolonged" care, BBC reports.

The girl has until now been at a military hospital in Rawalpindi, with doctors saying her progress over the next few days would be "critical".

The girl wrote a diary about suffering under the Taliban and was accused by them of "promoting secularism".
The Pakistani army said Ms Yousafzai's trip was being sponsored by the United Arab Emirates.

"Pakistan has arranged with the UAE for a specially equipped air ambulance to transfer Malala to the UK," it said. A team of medics will be accompanying the girl.
It was not immediately clear at which hospital in the UK she would be treated.