[InKunming--Sister Cities]  Pakistan on Friday welcomed the decision by the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize to Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani teenage girl who defied Taliban's ban on girls' education.

Both Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain and Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif have extended warm congratulations to Malala Yousafzai shortly after she won the prize together with an Indian.

"She is pride of Pakistan. She has made her countrymen proud. Her achievement is unparalleled and unequalled. Girls and boys of the world should take the lead from her struggle and commitment," said Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in a statement.

"It is an honour for Malala Yousafzai, her family and Pakistan, " said Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan at a press conference in Islamabad while being asked to comment on the news.

Pakistani political leaders also congratulated Malala on her winning of the Nobel Peace Prize.

Former President Asif Ali Zardari congratulated Malala and her family over the Nobel prize.

"Daughter of Pakistan. Ambassador of Peace, Malala Yousafzai, we are proud of you. Our national heroine has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Long Live Pakistan," head of the opposition Pakistan Peoples Party said on his official Twitter.

Chairman of Pakistan's Senate Defence Committee, Mushahid Hussain, also greeted Malala.

"Congratulations, Malala Yousafzai, on well-deserved honour of being youngest ever winner of Nobel Peace Prize; pride for Pakistan and the Muslims," Hussain said.

"Malala represents resilience and strength of Pakistani society and its people, especially women, youth and girls and their belief in a better tomorrow," he said in a statement.

Twitter and Facebook are full of messages of congratulations to Malala.

The Norwegian Nobel Committee on Friday decided to award the 2014 Nobel Peace Prize to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.

Malala, a 17-year-old girl, got bullet injuries in her head when some masked militants opened fire at her in October 2012 in her home town in the country's northwest Swat district due to her defiance of the Taliban's ban on girls education.

The Pakistani army announced last month that a group of ten Taliban militants, who had allegedly involved in attacking Malala Yousafzai, had been arrested by the security forces.

The arrested militants admitted that Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Chief Mullah Fazlullah plotted the attack on Malala.