05 November,2016 08:45 AM IST | | Agencies
A Pakistani court yesterday ordered the deportation of Sharbat Gula, National Geographic's famed green-eyed 'Afghan Girl' immortalised in a 1985 haunting picture on the cover, after she pleaded guilty to charges of staying in Peshawar with fake ID cards
Sharbat Gula
Peshawar: A Pakistani court yesterday ordered the deportation of Sharbat Gula, National Geographic's famed green-eyed 'Afghan Girl' immortalised in a 1985 haunting picture on the cover, after she pleaded guilty to charges of staying in Peshawar with fake ID cards.
A special anti-corruption and immigration court in Peshawar ordered Gula's deportation to Afghanistan after serving a 15-day jail sentence, besides slapping a fine of R1,10,000 ($1,100).
Gula, who was dubbed as the 'Mona Lisa of Afghan war', was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency on October 26 from Peshawar for alleged forgery of a Pakistani Computerised National Identity Card. The court issued the verdict after the accused pleaded guilty to the charges, Gula's lawyer Mubashir Khan said.
"She has served nine days in jail and will remain imprisoned for six more to complete her sentence," he said.
The fine was also paid, so she is will be deported from Pakistan at the end of her sentence, he added.
The court was informed during the hearing that Gula was a widow and her family's breadwinner. She was also suffering from Hepatitis C.
