Another friend of Kainat's - apart from Malala - was also shot and injured.

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And that's the process that I think follows Kainat, not just in court, but also outside court.

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Filmmakers Habiba Nosheen and Hilke Schellmann have been following the story of Kainat Soomro for the last four years.

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And it is - women definitely in Pakistan are challenging the status quo and I think that this film and Kainat's story represents that.

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Injured with Malala were her friends Shazia Ramazan, who has had to relearn how to use her left arm and hand, and Kainat Riaz.

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While Kainat says that things are better than four years ago, it is nonetheless the case that the girls still need police escorts to go to school.

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"It was mayhem, " recalls Kainat Riaz of the day when her friend Malala was shot while they were on on their school bus last month in Pakistan's Swat valley.

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According to recent reports that have been sent to me, armed policemen have had to be deployed to the homes of Shazia and Kainat as well as other girls to shield them from harm.

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And what you see in the film is a continuous struggle that they don't give up and they don't plan on giving up and that sort of is still current for Kainat and her family.

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In Kainat's case, we can safely say that the police investigation was extremely challenged and, you know, we know from the court records - and Habiba spoke to the police investigator - that he believed that she was a liar from the beginning.

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