Sharbat Gula, the world famous face of National Geographic, is sent on a 14-day judicial remand on the charges of getting Pakistan’s National Identity Card through bogus ways.
An official of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) confirmed that Sharbat Gula was arrested from her rented home at Nothya Peshawar on Wednesday. Soon after her arrest, Sharbat Gula was produced before a court of law and she was sent on judicial remand to Central Jail, Peshawar.
She was later shifted to the FIA Detention Center at Hayatabad where she is being interrogated.
Sharbat Gula denied committing any crime in the court.
A couple of days back, FIA arrested three officials of National Data Base Registration (NADRA) on the charges of their involvement in issuing NID to Sharbat Gula.
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The FIA official confirmed that in the preliminary investigation, Sharbat Gula has confirmed possession of both Pakistan and Afghanistan national identity cards.
Sharbat Gula, now adult and mother of several children, had hit the headlines in both print and electronic media when the National Geographic took her picture in early 80’s when she was residing along with parents as a refugee in a tent camp in outskirts of Peshawar. A couple of years back she was again found by the National Geographic team.
From last several months, the government initiated a drive for unearthing those foreigners, especially Afghan nationals who have got the fake IDs. Thousands of NICs in possessions of not only Afghans but local people, mostly from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and adjoining Tribal Areas have been cancelled. The affected local people and leaders of different political forces have demanded of the government to restore such NICs and withdrawal of cases against the affected persons including officials and elected representatives of local government bodies.
