Claim: Malala Yousafzai was an orphan.
Evidence: Considering Jinnah and Benazir Bhutto as her role-models , she was particularly inspired by her father 's thoughts and humanitarian work.
Ziauddin Yousafzai -LRB- born 1969 -RRB- is a Pakistani diplomat best known as the father of Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai , a young woman who protested against the Taliban for the education rights of girls , especially for Pakistani girls.