“The people of Kashmir have lived in conflict since I was a child, since my mother and father were children, since my grandparents were young. Today I am worried about the safety of the Kashmiri children and women, the most vulnerable to violence and the most likely to suffer losses in conflict,” Yousafzai wrote on social media.
The statement, however, evoked various responses from Indian, as well as Pakistani Twitter users.
Social media users were quick to remind Malala of Pakistan’s largest province of Balochistan which is suffering from an insurgency by Baloch nationalists against the government of Pakistan.
Indian army veteran Gaurav Arya and journalists slammed Malala for her comments.
Activists of the pro-Balochistan movement went all guns blazing at Malala and reminded her of the crimes against the Baloch people.
Anguished over her remark, a section of netizens slammed her for not speaking out against terrorist attacks in Kashmir.