Malala wants to be a politician to give compulsory education in Pak

London, Oct 7: The Pakistani teenage activist

Yousafzai, who was shot in the head by the

, said on Monday that she wants to be a politician in future to ensure compulsory

in her country.

"I will be a politician in my future. I want to change the future of my country and I want to make education compulsory," she said.

"Killing, torturing and flogging people is totally against Islam"

"I hope that a day will come (when) the people of Pakistan will be free, they will have their rights, there will be peace and every girl and every boy will be going to school," she told the BBC in an interview.

"The bad thing in our society and in our country is that you always wait for someone else to come," Malala said.

Malala marked her 16th birthday with a live address from UN headquarters and has been lauded by a former British prime minister David Cameron as "an icon of courage and hope".

Malala, a front-runner for this year's Nobel Peace Prize, said that discussions with Taliban is needed to achieve peace.

"The best way to solve problems and to fight against war is through dialogue. That's not an issue for me, that's the job of the government... And that's also the job of America," she said.

Malala said it is important that the Taliban discusses their demands. "They must do what they want through dialogue," she said.

"Killing people, torturing people and flogging people... it's totally against Islam. They are misusing the name of Islam," Malala added.

Malala was 16 when she was attacked by a gunman on a school bus near her home in Pakistan's restive Swat valley in October 2012 for speaking out for girls' rights to education. She spent months in hospital after being shot and required several operations to repair her skull. She now lives in Birmingham with her family.

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