PESHAWAR (Pajhwok): An Afghan refugee woman, whose arrest has hogged headlines around the globe and drew howls of protests, is suffering from hepatitis-C, a court in Peshawar was informed on Tuesday.
Sharbat Gula, who shot into worldwide recognition after her childhood photograph appeared on the cover of the National Geographic Magazine in 1985, was detained by Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) agents last week.
The iconic woman with haunting eyes, representing the plight of millions of refugees, was arrested during a raid on a house in the Nauthia neighbourhood of Peshawar on Wednesday for fraudulently . . .
