LONDON - Ahmad Nawaz, the student who survived the attack on the Army Public School in Peshawar in 2014, has become the third Pakistani to be awarded a Point of Light for his work as an anti-radicalisation youth activist.
The Points of Light awards recognise outstanding volunteers every day of the week – people whose service is making a difference in their communities and whose story can inspire others to create innovative solutions to social challenges in their own communities and beyond.
Nawaz has addressed thousands of students at various schools in the UK and at events organised by the United Nations, encouraging communities to unite and fight extremism together.
British PM Theresa May commented his work in a letter: