A special anti-corruption and immigration court in Peshawar ordered Gula's deportation to Afghanistan on Friday after serving a 15-day jail sentence besides slapping a fine of 1,10,000 rupees (USD 1,100).
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The spokesperson for the provincial government Mushtaq Ghani told The Express Tribune that directives not to deport Gula for the time being had been forwarded to the Home and Tribal Affairs Department, adding that the case needed to be taken up at the federal level.
"We will request the federal government to grant her refugee status," he said, adding that the move would create a better image of the province.
"This is not against the verdict," said a source.
"This just temporarily halts the process on humanitarian grounds."
Pakistan's Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan had indicated that Gula may be released on humanitarian grounds.
However, officials of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) said that the court orders would have to be carried out in letter and spirit.
Another official said that the special court's decision could only be challenged in the Supreme Court. However, he said, because Gula admitted to the crime, any appeal would only lengthen her stay in jail.
Gula said that her late husband, Rehmat Gul, had earlier made a manual national identity card in 1988, which was used to get the CNIC with the help of an agent who was bribed.
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