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| Police pledge in girl custody row | Police pledge in girl custody row |
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| Police in Pakistan have assured a judge that they will not intervene in an international custody dispute over a 12-year-old Scottish girl. | Police in Pakistan have assured a judge that they will not intervene in an international custody dispute over a 12-year-old Scottish girl. |
| The court has now disposed of a petition filed by relatives of Molly Campbell, who prefers to be called Misbah Rana. | The court has now disposed of a petition filed by relatives of Molly Campbell, who prefers to be called Misbah Rana. |
| Family members were afraid she would be deported against her will after she flew to Pakistan two weeks ago. | Family members were afraid she would be deported against her will after she flew to Pakistan two weeks ago. |
| Misbah said she wanted to stay although her mother had legal custody of her. | |
| Her sister had filed the petition because, she said, the family was under constant police surveillance. | Her sister had filed the petition because, she said, the family was under constant police surveillance. |
| No instructions | No instructions |
| She wanted the High Court in Lahore to guarantee that Misbah would not be detained and deported. | She wanted the High Court in Lahore to guarantee that Misbah would not be detained and deported. |
| The city's police chief submitted a statement saying there had been no attempt to pick up the girl and no instructions to do so. | The city's police chief submitted a statement saying there had been no attempt to pick up the girl and no instructions to do so. |
| A lawyer for the province then assured the judge that police would not interfere in the case. | A lawyer for the province then assured the judge that police would not interfere in the case. |
| Misbah's Scottish mother, Louise Campbell, has legal custody of her daughter but the girl has said she would rather live in Pakistan with her father, Sajed Rana. | Misbah's Scottish mother, Louise Campbell, has legal custody of her daughter but the girl has said she would rather live in Pakistan with her father, Sajed Rana. |
| A civil court in Scotland has asked Miss Campbell to appear for a custody hearing. In the meantime it has granted Misbah's father temporary custody until at least the end of the month. | A civil court in Scotland has asked Miss Campbell to appear for a custody hearing. In the meantime it has granted Misbah's father temporary custody until at least the end of the month. |
| Ms Campbell and her daughter had moved to Tong, a village in Lewis, Western Isles, from Stranraer nine months ago. | Ms Campbell and her daughter had moved to Tong, a village in Lewis, Western Isles, from Stranraer nine months ago. |