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17-year-old girls' rights activist Malala Yousafzai has been awarded Nobel Peace Prize for 2014. She was one of two Nobel laureates to be declared winners this year. other is Kailash Satyarthi, who campaigns for children's rights. Malala was given accolade exactly two years and day after Taliban gunman shot her in head on her school bus. Following her recovery in British hospital, Malala has toured world speaking up for the rights for girls to receive education. She once told reporters that going to school, "is like walking through magic door to your dreams". Malala becomes youngest ever recipient of the prize and the second Pakistani to scoop the award.

Nobel Committee said Ms Yousafzai and Mr Satyarthi won prize, "for their struggle against suppression of children and young people, and for right of all children to education." Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif congratulated Malala, calling her the "pride of Pakistan". He said: "She has made her countrymen proud. Her achievement is unparalleled and unequalled." He urged all children to follow her lead. Mr Satyarthi told Al Jazeera that his award was for , "many voices of children who are victims of servitude…across the world". He added: " Nobel Committee regards it as important point for Hindu and Muslim, Indian and Pakistani, to join in common struggle for education."