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Hearing expected in Misbah case Misbah judge wants to meet mother
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A court in Pakistan is set to consider the case of 12-year-old Misbah Rana who left her mother's home in the Western Isles in August. The latest hearing in the custody battle for 12-year-old Misbah Rana has been adjourned because her mother failed to attend court.
Misbah - also known as Molly Campbell - disappeared from Stornoway and has now said she wants to stay in Pakistan with her father Sajad Ahmed Rana. Misbah, also know as Molly Campbell, left her home in Lewis in August to be with her father in Pakistan.
Her mother Louise Campbell failed in her bid to win legal aid for the case last month. On Thursday, a judge in Lahore said he would not proceed until Misbah's mother, Louise Campbell, was present.
It is not expected she will be in court for the custody hearing. Her lawyers said she did not travel to Pakistan for the civil hearing because she failed to win legal aid.
The judge in Lahore said last month he was reluctant to allow Louise Campbell to take custody of Misbah without seeing her in court to plead her case. The judge said that Ms Campbell should either accept the offer of Molly's father, Sajad Ahmed Rana, to pay for the flight or look into the journey being paid for by a non-governmental organisation.
Ms Campbell has claimed her daughter was removed from the jurisdiction of the Scottish courts illegally after she had been granted interim custody. Ms Campbell, who failed in her bid to win legal aid for the case last month, has claimed her daughter was removed from the jurisdiction of the Scottish courts illegally after she had been granted interim custody.
Subsequently, Ms Campbell's lawyer announced she would not be able to attend the hearing because she could not get legal aid to travel to Pakistan, as this is a civil case.