Drug-smuggling accused returned to Pakistani jail with newborn daughter

A British woman, held in Pakistan on charges of drug smuggling, has been sent back to prison with her newborn daughter after giving birth in a hospital, a British legal group said yesterday.

Khadija Shah, 25, is being held on charges of trying to smuggle heroin worth nearly $5m (€3.8m) onto a flight to Britain.

She gave birth to her baby girl, Malaika, a few weeks ago but was returned from hospital to Adiala prison near the capital, Islamabad. The birth was not reported until yesterday.