Sara Sharif's fugitive dad flies BACK to UK after fleeing to Pakistan

Sara Sharif’s fugitive father and stepmother fly BACK to Britain after hiding in Pakistan for a month: Parents surrender to police who want to question them over 10-year-old’s death at home in Surrey 

The runaway parents of Sara Sharif are on a flight back to Britain today after surrendering to police who want to question them over the 10-year-old’s death.

Sara’s father, Urfan Sharif, 41, and his partner Beinash Batool, 29, have been in hiding for a month after fleeing to Islamabad on August 9 with five children aged between one and 12 years old, leaving the decomposing body of their eldest daughter behind.

The body of the schoolgirl, who suffered ‘multiple and extensive injuries’ over a ‘sustained and extended’ period of time, was found a day later at the family’s home in Woking, Surrey after Mr Sharif alerted police from an unknown location in Pakistan where he had gone into hiding.

Now in a dramatic development, the couple have agreed to fly back to Britain to face questioning by murder squad detectives.

This morning they boarded a flight from Pakistan travelling via Dubai before they are due to arrive at Gatwick at 7.45pm tonight.

Sara Sharif (pictured) was found dead and alone in her family’s home near Woking, Surrey, on August 10

Urfan Sharif traveled to Islamabad, Pakistan’s capital, with Batool and Malik on August 9, bringing the five children with them

Pakistani police are still looking for Sara’s stepmother Beinash Batool (left) and uncle Faisal Malik (right)

It comes just days after police in Pakistan took custody of their five other children following a raid on a relative’s home in the north-eastern city of Jhelum.

Surrey Police officers are scheduled to meet the flight in Gatwick where the couple may be taken into custody for questioning.

This week the Mail revealed how the family had launched a desperate legal bid to prevent them being extradited back to the UK, complaining that their freedom of movement and travel have been infringed by the police investigation into Sara’s death.

In a petition to Lahore High Court littered with mistakes including Sara’s age, the family complained that ‘they are required for the murder of Sara’s (sic), daughter aged about 12/13 year in the United Kingdom.’

The legal papers lodged on behalf of Muhammad Sharif stated that the missing couple and their extended relatives have been ‘victimised’ by the police hunt, denied their fundamental right to travel and complain they have been ‘deprived’ of personal liberties.

It was argued that Pakistani police has no basis to detain the couple as they haven’t committed any offences in Pakistan and there is no extradition treaty with Britain.

The family’s lawyer Malik Asif Taufeeq Awan demanded the court intervene to ‘protect and to save the entire family member including Urfan Sharif as well as her (sic) wife Benish Batool from the illegal iron hands of respondent authorities.’

The case had been due to be heard next week but the couple decided to hand themselves in today.

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