A Pakistani court yesterday denied bail to an Afghan woman who was immortalised on the cover of National Geographic magazine in the 1980s and arrested last week on fraud charges, days after the interior minister indicated she may be released on humanitarian grounds
Sharbat Gula
Peshawar: A Pakistani court yesterday denied bail to an Afghan woman who was immortalised on the cover of National Geographic magazine in the 1980s and arrested last week on fraud charges, days after the interior minister indicated she may be released on humanitarian grounds.
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Sharbat Gula has been in police custody since October 26 for allegedly having obtained fake identity papers to stay in Pakistan as a refugee.
The special court in Peshawar had reserved its verdict a day earlier and yesterday rejected her bail application citing lack of evidence to prove her Pakistani citizenship.
The green-eyed Gula was arrested from her Peshawar residence for alleged forgery of a Computerised National Identity Card. During the bail hearing yesterday, Gula’s lawyer had told the court that his client is the breadwinner of her family and is suffering from Hepatitis C.
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