Malala Yousafzai, the campaigner for girls' education and Nobel Peace Prize laureate who survived being shot at age 15 by a Taliban gunman in her native Pakistan in 2012, said on social media she has married
The 24-year-old, who lives in Britain, said she and her new husband, who she named only as Asser, had wed in the city of Birmingham and celebrated at home with their families.
Malala gave no other information about her husband apart from his first name. Internet users identified him as Asser Malik, general manager of the Pakistan Cricket Board's High Performance Centre. Reuters could not confirm this.
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