DHAKA: Pakistani activist Malala Yousafzai has told the BBC ahead of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize on Wednesday that she hopes to pursue a career in politics.

She said that she may even aspire to be prime minister of Pakistan once she has completed her studies in the UK.

Malala has been jointly awarded the prize with Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian child rights campaigner.

Malala was shot in the head by Taliban gunmen in October 2012 for campaigning for girls' education.

She is the youngest ever recipient of the prize.

‘I want to serve my country and my dream is that my country becomes a developed country and I see every child get an education,’ Malala told BBC HARDtalk’s Stephen Sackur in Oslo.

BDST: 1225 HRS, DEC 10, 2014