Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai said she was "overwhelmed" to be back in her native Pakistan on Saturday, as the prime minister launched a global summit on girls' education in the Islamic world.

Education activist Malala Yousafzai has returned to her homeland Pakistan for a summit on girls' education in the Islamic world. The Nobel Peace Prize laureate said she was "overwhelmed."

Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Malala Yousafzai will attend an international summit on girls' education hosted by her native Pakistan, where she was nearly killed by militants as a schoolgirl. Yousafzai was evacuated to the United Kingdom and went on to become a global advocate for girls' education and the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner at the age of 17.

ISLAMABAD: Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on Saturday reached Pakistan after a gap of over two years to attend the two-day global conference on girls' education in Islamabad as a special

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai on Saturday joined a global summit on the education of Muslim girls that was snubbed by Afghanistan's Taliban government.Yousafzai was evacuated to the United Kingdom after her attack and went on to become a global advocate for girls' education and,

Muhammad al-Issa, a Saudi cleric and secretary general of the Muslim World League - which has backed the summit - said religion was no grounds for blocking girls from school. "The entire Muslim world has agreed that girls education is important, and those who say that girls education is un-Islamic are wrong," he said.

Ministers, ambassadors from 44 countries, representatives from UN, World Bank to attend Islamabad summit on girls’ education in Muslim communities.

Nobel Peace Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai is among the participants and is scheduled to address the summit Sunday

Pakistan is hosting a two-day summit on girls’ education in Muslim communities on Saturday, bringing together over 150 dignitaries from 44 Muslim and allied nations. Watch this report for more details!

The Taliban government in Afghanistan has turned down an invitation by neighbouring Pakistan to participate in a global summit on girl's education in the Muslim world. Country's Education Minister Khalid Maqbool Siddiqui told Reuters that an invitation was extended to Afghanistan "but no one from the Afghan government was at the conference.