PESHAWAR: National Database and Registration Authority (Nadra) officials in Peshawar issued Computerised National Identity Cards (CNICs) to Afghan woman Sharbat Bibi and two men who are said to be her sons, official documents reveal.

Sources at Nadra’s Hayatabad office told Dawn that high-ups in the Nadra issued three CNICs on a single day last year to the 46-year-old Sharbat Bibi, wife of Rehmat Gul, and her two sons Rauf Khan and Wali Khan in violation of rules and regulations.

"These people are so powerful; I don’t know whether they have money or connections but they got three CNICs in one day," said a Nadra source.

Men identified by Nadra as Sharbat Bibi's sons Wali Khan (L) and Rauf Khan (R).

In 1984, Sharbat moved to Peshawar along with her two sons and since then, she has been residing in the Nasir Bagh camp established for Afghan refugees. Earlier reports had said that Sharbat has three daughters. This is in contrast with the information on the Nadra form which maintains that she has two sons.

"They may not be her sons but this is a common practice among Afghan refugees whereby they list names of non-relatives as their children to obtain documents," said a Nadra source.

In her CNIC form filed on April 17, 2014, the ‘Afghan Girl’ listed herself to have been born in Peshawar on Jan 1, 1969, residing at Talab Road, Nauthia Qadeem, Mohallah Mast Gul, Peshawar.

"She lives here. We travel between Pakistan and Afghanistan depending on the security situation," said one of her relatives while speaking to Dawn.

The CNIC number, shown in the form to have been issued to her husband Rahmat Gul, was also fake. Even the attestation signature and stamp of the senior school teacher, Younas Khan, has been found to be fake.