Malala Yousafzai returns to Pakistan for first time since Taliban shooting
She is due to meet senior Pakistani officials, including the prime minister, Shahid Khaqan Abbasi.
However, her campaign angered the Taliban for promoting "western ideals" and they staged the assassination attempt on her.
"I still can't believe it's happening".
Yousafzai returned to Pakistan on a four-day visit late Wednesday night accompanied by her father Ziauddin, Farah Mohamed and Amirobyn Thompson.
Since her recovery, Ms Yousafzai has continued to speak up for children's education and rights around the world.
She was flown to England in the days following the attack, and treated at Birmingham's Queen Elizabeth Hospital.
Pakistanis are welcoming Nobel Peace Prize victor Malala Yousafzai on her return to her homeland for the first time since she was shot in 2012 by Taliban militants.
She was then taken to Mr Abbasi's office in a convoy of almost 15 vehicles, many of them occupied by heavily armed police.
The teenager sustained life-threatening injuries in the attack, and had to have part of her skull removed to relieve swelling on her brain. She was on her way home in a school van with other girls after taking an exam when the TTP men opened fire on them.
The 20-year-old's unannounced arrival with her parents under tight security at Islamabad's worldwide airport overnight has been met with a tsunami of social media reaction, with many Pakistanis hailing her bravery but others accusing her of a conspiracy to foment dissent. Local television stations showed her with her parents in the lounge at the airport, before leaving in a convoy of almost 15 vehicles, many of them occupied by heavily armed police.
It has not been confirmed if she will visit her family's hometown of Swat in the country's rural north-west during her visit.
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Last week, on Twitter, Yousafzai, who is now 20, expressed a longing for her homeland.
The premier also assured her of the provision of security in case she wants to visit anywhere in the country. People want to see a change in their country. "Happy Pakistan Day!" she wrote on March 23.
"What an incredible surprise, I woke up to this morning" to know that Yousafzai is back along with her parents, Memon said.
Malala has become a global symbol for human rights and a vocal campaigner for girls' education since a gunman boarded her school bus in the Swat valley on October 9, 2012, asked "Who is Malala?" and shot her. "I will work for improving education in my country, particularly girls' education as women should stand on their feet", she said.
At the age of 17, in 2014, Yousafzai became the youngest recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize for her education advocacy.
Others have repeatedly chided her for leaving Pakistan, when few have had the same opportunity to flee from the militant violence that has killed tens of thousands over the last decade.
She began studying at Oxford University in the United Kingdom previous year, but in her most recent public interview, she told talk show host David Letterman about how she missed "the rivers and mountains" of her home in Swat Valley and all she wanted was for her "feet to touch the ground of home".
Often when she has spoken in public, Yousafzai has championed her home country and spoken in her native Pashto language, always promising to return to her home.
Local television channels have been showing her return to Pakistan with some replaying the horror of her shooting and the rush to get her treatment.
The outlawed Pakistani Taliban claimed responsibility for plotting the attack and vowed to target her again.
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