LAHORE – Molly Campbell, the Scottish schoolgirl who fled her home in Scotland to live with her father in Pakistan four years ago amid a custody battle, has returned to Britain – although it is unclear whether the move is permanent, The Guardian newspaper reported on Monday.
The teenager, also known as Misbah Rana, was 12 when she moved to Lahore after a highly-publicised disappearance from her school on the Isle of Lewis, flew in last week from Pakistan with her brother, Adam, 20. Molly spent the past four years with her father, Sajad Ahmed Rana, after she had been picked up by Tahmina outside her school and the two had flown to Glasgow, where they met their father and headed to Lahore.
According to the newspaper, she is staying in Blackburn with her sister, Tahmina, 22, who has also returned to live in England with her two-year-old daughter. It is understood that Molly, now 16, returned to the UK with the approval of her father who says that his daughter is on holiday. Molly’s mother, however, suggested the move was more permanent.
