Sharbat case: from across border by Imtiaz gul

Imtiaz Gul

For most Afghans Sharbat Gula symbolises the sufferings and hardships that this nation has gone through ever since the Soviets invaded Afghanistan in December 1979.  The CIA-ISI-led insurgency then made global headlines then, with the Afghan mujahideen happily rubbing shoulders with the American-Pakistani trainers and mentors. They even went as far as the White House. But that is history. Now, both the Afghans and the Pakistanis are

Sharbat Gula: Lesson for Pakistan by Imtiaz Gul

Imtiaz 

For nearly 15 days, the world media rang with the ‘injustice’ that Pakistan was meting out to the National Geographic famed ‘Afghan Girl’ Sharbat Gula. Most of media pounced upon the news of her arrest, the subsequent imprisonment for 15 days and the imminent deportation. Once again, they had found a reason to run down Pakistan’s image.