Ziauddin said he was desperate to be at his daughter‘s bedside. The problem, he said, was that his wife’s Pakistanidocuments were not up to date so they had to wait for the government to issue new ones.
http://canindia.com/2012/10/malalas-father-ecstatic-over-having-survived-doomsday/
As suspected earlier there were some Visa and passport issues; all resolved now. Happy for Malala; finally she’ll meet her parents again.