Pakistani teenage rights activist Malala Yousafzai says she wants to become the Prime Minister, following in the footsteps of her role model late Benazir Bhutto, and aspires to use that position to serve her nation.
“I want to become the Prime Minister of Pakistan,” 16-year-old Malala, who survived an assassination attempt by Taliban last year, said during a special live recording of her interview with CNN.
She also spoke about her dream of working for children’s education, the global recognition she has received from heads of States and organisations, her thoughts on being the frontrunner for the coveted Nobel and her liking for pop icon Justin Bieber’s and Selena Gomez’s songs.
She counts Bhutto, Pakistan’s first woman Prime Minister, among her “heroes” and says she “admires her the most”. Malala said she would want to lead her nation in the future and politics would provide her a platform to serve the whole country.
She said she had earlier harboured dreams of becoming a doctor but now wants to join politics. “I think it’s really good because through politics I can serve my whole country, become doctor of the whole country, help children get education, help them go to school, improve the quality of education,” she said amid a thunderous applause from the audience of over 200 people, including young children.