{"id":3463,"date":"2023-09-12T22:22:31","date_gmt":"2023-09-12T22:22:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/sara-sharif-murder-case-children-of-couple-on-the-run-handed-over-to-child-protection-bureau\/"},"modified":"2023-09-12T22:22:31","modified_gmt":"2023-09-12T22:22:31","slug":"sara-sharif-murder-case-children-of-couple-on-the-run-handed-over-to-child-protection-bureau","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/sara-sharif-murder-case-children-of-couple-on-the-run-handed-over-to-child-protection-bureau\/","title":{"rendered":"Sara Sharif murder case: Children of couple on the run handed over to child protection bureau"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<p>Five British-Pakistani children brought to Pakistan by a fugitive couple wanted over the death of a 10-year-old girl in the UK were taken into the custody of state protective services on Tuesday, according to the police.<\/p>\n<p>Rawalpindi Regional Police Officer (RPO) Syed Khurram Ali confirmed the development to <em>Dawn.com<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>Surrey Police in Britain said last week the welfare of the five children was \u201ca priority\u201d after Sara Sharif was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/1770731\">found dead<\/a> with multiple injuries in her family home in August.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1772610\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>They believe her father Urfan Sharif, 41, his partner Beinash Batool, 29, and his brother Faisal Malik, 28, fled to Pakistan with the children aged between one and 13 before Sara\u2019s body was found, sparking an international manhunt.<\/p>\n<p>The children were found at Sharif\u2019s father\u2019s house in Jhelum after police received information that the couple were hiding there.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have been conducting investigations and raids for some time and were finally successful in recovering the children yesterday,\u201d Mudassar Khan, spokesman for the Jhelum police, told <em>AFP<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The police are still investigating how long the children had been in the house as the search for Sharif and Batool continues. The house where the children were found was otherwise empty.<\/p>\n<p>After a court appearance on Tuesday \u201cthe area magistrate has ordered the children be handed over into the custody of the child protection bureau\u201d, Khan said.<\/p>\n<p>The fugitive couple said last week they were prepared to cooperate with UK authorities.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"media  sm:w-1\/2  w-full  media--right  media--embed  media--uneven\">\n<p>    <iframe class=\"nk-iframe\" onload=\"setInterval(()=&gt;{try{this.style.height=this.contentWindow.document.body.scrollHeight+'px';}catch{}}, 100)\" width=\"100%\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" style=\"height:400px;position:relative\" src=\"https:\/\/www.dawn.com\/news\/card\/1774507\" sandbox=\"allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-popups allow-modals allow-forms\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cSara\u2019s death was an incident. Our family in Pakistan are severely affected by all that is going on,\u201d Batool said in a video shared with <em>AFP<\/em> by her relatives.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy main concern is that Pakistani police will torture or kill us, that is why we have gone into hiding.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Surrey County Council in Britain, the local authority with responsibility for the welfare of children living in its area, said it was \u201cmonitoring developments\u201d and \u201cworking with our partners to establish next steps\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The British High Commission in Islamabad did not respond to requests for comment on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five British-Pakistani children brought to Pakistan by a fugitive couple wanted over the death of a 10-year-old girl in the UK were taken into the custody of state protective services on Tuesday, according to the police. Rawalpindi Regional Police Officer (RPO) Syed Khurram Ali confirmed the development to Dawn.com. 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