Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan has urged the government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) and its Chief Minister Pervez Khattak to not deport National Geographic’s famous ‘Afghan Girl’ Sharbat Gula.
Khan conveyed his request to the government and Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa via a tweet on micro-blogging site Twitter. In the tweet, the cricketer-turned-politician urged the KP CM not to deport Gula on ‘humanitarian/compassionate’ grounds.
Read: Sharbat Gula sentenced 15-day jail, deportation
Sharbat Gula was arrested by the Federal Investigation Agency from Nauthia Peshawar last month for possessing a fake National Identity Card of Pakistan.
A special anti-corruption and immigration court in Peshawar ordered the girl to be deported from Pakistan to Afghanistan on Friday
