The schoolgirl was found dead at her home in Woking, with her father believed to have fled the country.
Detective Superintendent Mark Chapman, from the Surrey Police and Sussex Police major crime team, said officers have been working with the Crown Prosecution Service, Interpol, the National Crime Agency and the Foreign Office to carry out their investigation and to liaise with Pakistani authorities.
A spokesman for Chotala Police Station in Jhelum, which is co-ordinating the manhunt confirmed: ‘We have been asked by the senior officers to arrest Urfan Sharif who recently came from England. The FIA has sent a draft to district police officer to arrest him immediately.Another official added: ‘We are actively looking for Sharif and are confident that we will find him. We believe he is in the Jhelum or Mirpur area and have raided a number of properties.
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