Jackky Bhagnani did spell check to welcome Malala on Twitter

Mumbai July 8 (IANS) Actor Jackky Bhagnani who had once misspelt Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai s name as Masala in a tweet did a spell check on Saturday when he decided to welcome her on social media platform Twitter.

"A world leader we should all be proud of! Welcome to Twitter Malala. Yes I did a quick spell check guys " Jackky quipped.

Malala the Pakistani campaigner who survived being shot in the head by Taliban gunmen joined Twitter with a call for people to help her fight for girls education.

On Friday the 19-year-old sent her first tweets using the Twitter handle @Malala.

Jackky had made the faux pas on her name in 2014 and a year later he got a chance to meet the Pakistani activist in London. He had called the meeting his "dream" and described Malala his "hero".

--IANS
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