On Saturday, they finally got it.
"She moved her limbs
today when doctors reduced sedation to make a clinical assessment,"
military spokesman Maj. Gen. Asim Bajwa said.
Malala Yousufzai remains
under the close watch of doctors at a Rawalpindi hospital, as she fights
to recover from her attempted assassination on Tuesday. Bajwa
said
Friday that "the next 36 to 48 hours are important" in deciding whether
she makes it through, or not.
Even with the progress, the girl still has a long road ahead. She remained unconscious and on a ventilator Saturday.
Young Malala had become a
Pakistani and international icon for her efforts defending the right of
girls to go to school where she lives, the Taliban-heavy Swat Valley.
She was riding home in a
school van this week in the tense region, which rests along the Afghan
border, when gunmen jumped into the vehicle and demanded to know which
girl she was. Her horrified classmates pointed to her, and the men
fired. Two other girls were wounded, but not seriously.
Since then, supporters
have gathered around the country for small vigils to pray for her
recovery. Government officials in Peshawar, the main city in the
northwestern region where Malala is from, were silent for one minute in
her honor.
An international team of
neurological specialists said her condition was stable Friday, but they
were monitoring her closely. Her family waits, and hopes, yet they are
afraid to give away where they are exactly. They're terrified that
Taliban who would gun down a teenager wouldn't hesitate to come after
them.
Culled:CNN
Edited:LII
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