Claim: Malala Yousafzai's father was a politician who did 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 . He is currently the United Nations Special Advisor on Global Education and also the educational attaché of Pakistan in its consulate in Birmingham , UK .