The latest developments in Pakistan come as police in the UK continue to investigate the death of 10-year-old Sara Sharif and try to get a better understanding of her life.
Five children who travelled to Pakistan with the father and stepmother of 10-year-old Sara Sharif will be taken into care, a judge has ruled.
The children, aged between one and 13, were recovered from the house of Sara's grandfather in the northeastern city of Jhelum on Monday after a raid by local police. Their grandfather Mohammad told Sky News the children had been with him since they arrived in Pakistan over a month ago and he felt it was his"duty to protect them".He had hoped they would be able to come back home following the court hearings in Jhelum, but Senior Judge Javed Iqbal Khokar ruled they should be taken into custody by the Child Protection and Welfare Bureau.
Police also confirmed to Sky News they have at least four teams in the city searching for Sara's father, stepmother and uncle.'s father Urfan Sharif, her stepmother Beinash Batool, and his brother Faisal Shahzad Malik last month.on 10 August after her father called 999 from Pakistan. He had flown there from the UK a day earlier.
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