15:50 GMT 11 December 2024
Carrie Davies
Pakistan Correspondent
CCTV showing Sara Sharif's family at Heathrow Airport in London
For weeks, the three adults â Urfan Sharif, Saraâs father, Beinash Batool, her stepmother, Faisal Malik, her uncle, and five of Saraâs siblings - were the subject of a police hunt in Pakistan which spread across the country.
The eight left the UK on 9 August 2023, flying from Gatwick Airport and landing in Islamabad, Pakistanâs capital, the next day.
It wasnât until 15 August that police in Pakistan were instructed to search for the adults, after a request from Interpol.
At the time, police were able to track the Sharif familyâs movements to the city of Jhelum and nearby Domeli, but then the trail disappeared.
Getting the adults back through the courts could have been complex; Pakistan and the UK do not have an extradition treaty and previous returns have on occasion taken years.
On 11 September 2023, Pakistan police found the five children at their grandfatherâs house. They were put into a government childcare facility.
The three adults were never found in the country, but eventually flew back voluntarily on 13 September. The five children remain in Pakistan and are now staying with a relative. Surrey County Council are still in a legal battle to bring them back to the UK.
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