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Islamabad: Spokesperson of Tehrik-e-Taliban, Ehsanullah Ehsan who took the responsibility of attacking Nobel Laureate Malala Yousafzai in 2012, has threatened her on Twitter by posting, "Next time, there would be no mistake".
Malala later questioned the Pakistan Military and Prime Minister Imran Khan to explain how her alleged shooter, Ehsanullah Ehsan, had escaped from the government custody.
Meanwhile, taking cognizance of the matter Twitter on Wednesday permanently suspended the account with the menacing post.
As per media reports, Ehsan was arrested in 2017, but escaped in January 2020 from a so-called safe house where he was being held by Pakistan's intelligence agency. The circumstances of both his arrest and escape have been shrouded in mystery and controversy.
In 2012 Malala was shot at point blank when she was on her way to school. A gunmen walked up to her on a school bus and inquired about her by her name and then fired three bullets. She was just 15 when she met with the horrific incident.
Her campaign for girl's education enraged the Talibans that prompted them to take action against her.
Malala along with her father Ziauddin Yousafzai, who is a teacher has advocated for education in the Swat Valley. In 2007 when the Pakistani Taliban took control of the area, they forced girls out of schools and ruled with a brutal hand until 2009, when they were driven out by the Pakistani military.
After the attack Malala was airlifted abroad and underwent surgery.
During the Taliban rule, she used to write an anonymous blog for the BBC Urdu service and later she became outspoken in advocating more educational opportunities for girls.
In 2014, she went on to became the youngest Nobel laureate, honored for her work with the Malala Foundation, a charity she set up to support education advocacy groups with a focus on Pakistan, Nigeria, Jordan, Syria and Kenya.