Police in Pakistan tell the BBC they have been asked to find Urfan Sharif but not arrest him.
By Caroline Davies & Hamish Mureddu-ReidPolice in Pakistan say they are continuing to search for the father of a 10-year-old girl who was found dead in a house in Surrey.Surrey Police have confirmed they want to speak to Urfan Sharif, along with his partner and brother.Mr Sharif, his partner Beinash Batool and his brother Faisal Malik all left the UK for Pakistan on 9 August, a day before Sara's body was discovered.
Pakistan police told the BBC they had been asked by the country's Federal Investigation Agency to try to find Mr Sharif, but not arrest him. They say the search involves several police stations in different places around the country, including visiting family members, but as yet they had not found him.Surrey Police have revealed Mr Sharif, 41, made a 999 call from Pakistan shortly after landing in Islamabad with his partner, his brother and five children, aged between one and 13.
The call led officers to the house in Woking where they the body of Sara who had sustained "multiple and extensive injuries", likely to have been caused over a sustained period of time.
Police are working with the Crown Prosecution Service, Interpol, the National Crime Agency and the Foreign Office to carry out their investigation and in liaising with Pakistani authorities.
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