Little achievers!

This is just a random assortment of Pakistani girl's and women that may be a cause for happiness and encouragement to Malala.

Zoha comes first:

Then comes 13 year old Hooria, who obtained three A*s in Cambridge exams:

Next, The world's youngest Microsoft Certified Professional, Arfa Karim;

Then, comes 11 year old Sitara Akbar from chinot, another world record holder:

Okay, what about our first female fighter jet pilot - Ambreen Gul:

or first female combat ready fighter jet pilot - Ayesha Farooq:

Captain Kiran Ashraf is our best female paratrooper:

Not that Hina Rabbani Khar - our first female foreign affairs minister - is old but she has had enough press already so I mention Samina Baig - our first female climber who scaled Everest"

Not to forget Naseem Hameed - the fastest girl in South Asia:

Pakistani women also hold top positions in Bridge and Swimming in Asia. Moving on to entrepreneurship, have you heard of Maria Umar - who runs and owns    The Women's Digital League an IT-solution company that trains rural Pakistani women in micro online tasks, from online writing to social media management.

If you google Roshaneh Zafar you will find out that she established Pakistan's first microfinance institution - Kashf foundation, which is now on the Forbes list of world's top 50 microfinance organizations. You can hear her here:

Saba Gul is another high achiever;

The list is a bit longer, but the above should give some joy to us.