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Malala shows solidarity with Pakistan's Paris Olympics athletes

Malala shared picture with Pakistani Olympians with caption "So proud of Team Pakistan @olympics"

By Web Desk
July 29, 2024
Pakistani Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai and her husband Asser Malik seen with female Pakistani Olympians in this image.— Instagram@malala/file
Pakistani Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai and her husband Asser Malik seen with female Pakistani Olympians in this image.— Instagram@malala/file

Pakistani Nobel prize winner Malala Yousafzai met with Pakistani Olympians participating in the Paris Olympics 2024 on Sunday.

The youngest Nobel laureate expressed her support for the athletes in a social meida post with the caption "So proud of Team Pakistan @olympics."

Her husband, Asser Malik, is also seen in the image, with the Paris Olympics rings in the background.

Earlier, on July 26, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) invited Malala to meet the athletes and act as a guest of honour in one of the award-giving ceremonies during the Paris Olympics on Friday. 

Sources confirmed that Malala accepted the invitation to be part of the Olympics. “She has accepted the invitation to be part of the Paris Olympics where she would meet the athletes and also distribute medals among the winners of one of the disciplines.”