Urfan Sharif, 41, his wife Beinash Batool, 29, and his brother, Faisal Malik, 28, fled to Islamabad with the couple's five children, aged between one and 13, in a 'terrified' state on August 9, the lawyer said.
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The runaway father and stepmother of
Sara Sharif were urged by a British solicitor to flee the country after the schoolgirl’s death, the family’s Pakistani lawyer told The Mail on Sunday last night.
Urfan Sharif, 41, his wife Beinash Batool, 29, and his brother, Faisal Malik, 28, fled to Islamabad with the couple’s five children, aged between one and 13, in a ‘terrified’ state on August 9, the lawyer said.
The day after the family left the country, police found ten-year-old Sara’s body at the family’s home in Woking, Surrey, after being alerted by Sharif from
Pakistan.
Last night Malik Asif Taufique, the Sharif family lawyer in Pakistan, told the MoS that after Sara died, the couple spoke to a British lawyer friend in a panic. The friend, who has not been identified, apparently ‘terrified’ the couple.
‘Urfan and Beinash ran from the UK because a British lawyer there made them terrified, saying they would have a harsh punishment in the UK and they would lose custody of their children,’ said Mr Taufique. ‘They would be mistreated for being Muslims and a big scandal will be made against their faith.’
Mr Taufique has been acting on behalf of Sharif’s brothers and 75-year-old father Muhammad. He also claimed that Sharif and Batool have been in regular contact with British police since fleeing.
A close family friend revealed that when Sharif and Batool arrived in Pakistan they told relatives Sara died in an accident.
‘Urfan swore that Sara slipped from the stairs and died,’ the friend said.
