Sara Sharif: Court rules girl's Pakistan family cannot be detained

Relatives of the begetter of Sara Sharif, whose decease successful the UK sparked an planetary manhunt, cannot beryllium detained successful Pakistan by constabulary for questioning connected his whereabouts.

The determination was made astatine the Lahore precocious court, Rawalpindi bench.

The assemblage of Sara, 10, was recovered astatine her household location successful Woking, Surrey, connected 10 August, prompting a execution inquiry.

Mr Sharif's household said constabulary had illegally detained 2 of his brothers who unrecorded successful Pakistan.

At the Lahore precocious court, Rawalpindi bench, Jhelum Police officers did not contradict they had held the 2 men for respective days but said they had not arrested them.

They told the tribunal they had been instructed by Interpol to question the household astir Mr Sharif's location. Both brothers person been released.

The tribunal barred the constabulary from detaining them again but officers said they would proceed to question them.

While Pakistan and the UK bash not person a ceremonial extradition treaty, Surrey Police officers are moving with the authorities successful Pakistan to locate Mr Sharif, his spouse Beinash Batool, 29, and his member Faisal Malik, 28.

The unit has made a fresh entreaty for information 2 weeks aft launching its execution probe pursuing the find of Sara's assemblage unsocial successful the household location astatine 02:50 BST connected 10 August.

Detectives urged "people successful the Woking assemblage and beyond" who had interaction with Sara to travel forward.

Surrey Police said antecedently Mr Sharif, 41, made a 999 telephone from Pakistan soon aft landing successful Islamabad with Ms Batool, Mr Malik and 5 children, aged betwixt 1 and 13.

That led officers to the location successful Woking wherever they recovered Sara's body. She had sustained "multiple and extended injuries" apt to person been caused implicit a sustained play of time.

A post-mortem introspection failed to found the nonstop origin of Sara's death, with more tests being carried out.

Speaking to the BBC extracurricular the tribunal successful Pakistan, Mr Sharif's begetter and 1 member repeated their assertion that they were not successful interaction with him and did not cognize wherever helium was.

They told the constabulary they judge helium came to the metropolis of Jhelum, wherever the household is from, but past left.

Jhelum Police said it inactive does not cognize wherever Mr Sharif, his spouse Ms Batool and his member Mr Malik are.