President Asif Ali Zardari arrived here on Sunday to attend important conference on 'Stand up for Malala-Stand up for girl's right to education' jointly being organised by Pakistan and UNESCO at its Paris headquarters. The President came to Paris from London, where he visited Malala Yousufzai at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Birmingham.
President Zardari was received at the Orley Air Port by Pakistan's ambassador to France Shafqat Saeed, French ambassador to Pakistan Philippe Thiebaud and officials of French government and UNESCO.
The event will pay tribute to Malala Yousufazi, an astonishingly brave 15 year old girl who survived an assassination attempt for her determined efforts to defend girls' education in Pakistan.
A special Malala Fund will be established on this occasion to raise the funds for girl's education through out the world and Pakistan will announce to provide seed money to establish this Fund.
The event coincides with International Human Rights Day and it will bring together representatives of governments, UN partners, international and bilateral organisations, foundations, donors, civil society, academics, religious leaders, eminent personalities and other stakeholders.
Prime Minister of France Jean-Marc Aryalt, UN Special Envoy for Global Education and former Prime Minister of UK Gordon Brown and many other leaders will also attend the conference.
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