Nat Geo’s ‘Afghan girl’ arrested in Pakistan

Nat Geo’s ‘Afghan girl’ arrested in Pakistan

PTIUpdated: Thursday, May 30, 2019, 11:45 AM IST
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TOPSHOT - In this handout photograph released by Pakistan's Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) on October 26, 2016, Afghan Sharbat Gula, the 'Afghan Girl' who appeared on the cover of a 1985 edition of National Geographic magazine, waits ahead of a court hearing in Peshawar. ---RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / FIA " - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS --- / XGTY An Afghan woman immortalised on a celebrated National Geographic magazine cover as a green-eyed 12-year-old girl was arrested October 26 for living in Pakistan on fraudulent identity papers. The haunting image of Sharbat Gula, taken in a Pakistan refugee camp by photographer Steve McCurry, became the most famous cover image in the magazine's history. / AFP PHOTO / FIA / HO / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / FIA" - NO MARKETING NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS - NO ARCHIVE |

Peshawar : Sharbat Gula, the famed green-eyed ‘Afghan girl’ who was immortalised in 1985 when the National Geographic magazine published her haunting picture on its cover, was arrested here for staying in Pakistan with fake identity documents, reports PTI.

  Confirming her arrest, the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) authorities said Sharbat, now in her 40s, was arrested from the Nothia area for illegally possessing a Pakistani ID card. Dubbed as ‘Mona Lisa of Afghan war’, Sharbat catapulted into global prominence after National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry captured her iconic photograph when she was a 12-year-old girl at the Nisar Bagh refugee camp on the edge of Peshawar in 1984. She had migrated to Pakistan after situation in Afghanistan became worse and married to a Pakistani man. Sharbat was arrested from her home following a two-year-long investigation. She has been charged under Section 419, 420 of the Pakistan Penal Code and Section 5(2) of Prohibition of Corruption Act. She was earlier investigated by the law enforcers who discovered that she was living in Pakistan with fraudulent identity documents.

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