FEAR AND LOATHING IN PAKISTAN: THE FUGITIVE FATHER CHRONICLES
Pakistani police prowl the shadows, tracing a mobile phone SIM card – a trail left by a rogue British father. Tension thickens as the lifeless body of his ten-year-old daughter is discovered in their Woking home. The Mail on Sunday unravels this dark narrative.
Urfan Sharif, 41, a run-loving man, partners with 29-year-old Beinash Batool and 28-year-old Faisal Malik. Like phantoms, they vanish into the night, scorching British soil underfoot, seeking refuge abroad. A day later, young Sara Sharif’s fate catches her, snuffing out her innocent life.
Surrey Police, seekers of justice, chase regardless of borders. They push these fugitives into the spotlight, needing answers, unraveling a chilling murder’s tendrils. The world watches their international manhunt.
In Pakistan’s night, detectives roam, driven by capture’s promise. A nationwide odyssey climaxes in a reckoning. They raid homes, question the Sharif kin, inching toward an explosive climax.
Taxi-driver turned renegade Sharif, his partner Batool, and student-visa-fueled Malik plotted escape like a heist. They trade old life for £5,000 tickets, five children in tow. A course to Pakistan, leaving shadowy lives.
In Pakistan’s labyrinthine streets, the saga unfolds. A treacherous slip – a SIM card betrays. Khurram Ali in Rawalpindi pulls strings. “Urfan Sharif,” the SIM card whispers, echoing in Jhelum, on the world’s edge.
Here, the trail burns hot. Sharif’s kin reside. In secrecy, they visit his brother Imran, as sirens wail in Surrey. They appear, riddles concealed.
From shadows, Nasir Bajwa, Jhelum’s chief, emerges. Confident in prey’s proximity, he intones, “We are very close.” The net tightens, the city’s heartbeat syncs with pursuit. A promise of doom hangs, a storm on the horizon.
Sara’s life ends in violence’s haze, a post-mortem symphony. ‘Multiple and extensive injuries’ span time. Pain crescendos, scars haunting her short life. Surrey Police beckons the public, illuminating her existence, innocence woven with cruelty and neglect.
In school days and friendships, secrets fester. A mother’s voice rises, anonymous yet poignant. Young Sara, marked by cruelty, walks isolation’s path. Jessica, veiled, recounts a chilling encounter before Sara’s unraveling.
Divorce, marriage, and marriage again – Sharif’s life reads like a turbulent novel. A cousin in Pakistan, a Polish love, and Luton’s streets. Lives woven, unraveled, sorrow and upheaval. Humanity’s underbelly exposed, family saga entwined with law’s clamor.
As the sun sets, justice’s taste hangs heavy. Fate’s wheels turn, Pakistan narrows, squeezing fugitives into law’s embrace. The hunt roars on, a pursuit echoing in Jhelum’s alleyways, relentless, unfading.
(Additional reporting: Piriyanga Thirunimalan)