Tug-of-love girl Molly comes back to England from Pakistan but she is only on holiday, claims her father
By Daily Mail Reporter
A British schoolgirl who ran away to Pakistan with her father more than four years ago has returned to her mother in this country.
Molly Campbell caused an international tug-of-love when, aged 12, she walked out of school and fled with her father and elder sister to Lahore.
There, she was known as Misbah Rana and attended an Islamic school.
Daddy's girl: Molly Campbell in 2006 with her father Sajad. Her mother has claimed that Molly was initially 'dazzled' by her father's relatively wealthy lifestyle
But after living in the Pakistani city since August 2006, during which time her distraught British mother launched a legal bid to bring her home, it emerged yesterday that she has returned voluntarily.
Speaking in Lahore, Mollys father Sajad Ahmed Rana said she had been in the UK for three weeks. However he claimed his daughter, now 16, was merely on holiday and had been enjoying sightseeing in London.
By contrast, the girls mother, ­Louise Fairlie, suggested the move was more permanent, saying yesterday: We are very happy and we are all enjoying the family life that we have got. The past is behind us and we are moving on.
Molly flew in last month with her brother Adam, 20, and has moved in with her 22-year-old sister Tahmina, who lives in London.
Miss Fairlie has been staying with her two daughters since the teenager flew home, it is understood.
Molly Campbell in September 2006. She lived in Pakistan for four years
Last night, Mr Rana told the Daily Mail: Misbah has been staying with her mother and she is happy there. There is no truth in rumours that she has left Pakistan permanently. She went to Britain as a visitor and its up to her when she wants to come back.
This is just a trip to London and all depends on her if she wants to stay for study or come back to Pakistan.
He said his daughter had successfully completed her tenth-grade studies the equivalent of GCSEs and was now deciding whether to continue studying in Pakistan or Britain.
Mr Rana claimed he had offered to pay for her if she chose to study in London.
Molly with her father Sajad Rana in Pakistan in 2007
We decided this a few weeks ago, and if she wants to stay there, there is no harm in that, he said.
She is 16 and she is free to decide her fate. I have no problem. I am happy if my children are happy. If they are happy in London, there is no harm in that. They can come to ­Pakistan, and I can go there.
All my four children are in London at the moment.
Molly ran away in 2006 after claiming she was unhappy living with her mother and new - but now ex - partner Kenny Campbell, in their council house on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.
Her disappearance threw a spotlight on a clash of cultures between her father and mother, who had converted to Islam during their marriage.
The 12-year-old with her mother Louise back in 2006
Miss Fairlie gave an emotional press conference in which she declared Molly had been abducted by her father and expressed fears she might be forced into an arranged marriage.
However, when Molly was found after an Interpol search, she said she had left of her own volition, claiming life in her mothers house had been a living hell.
In 2007, Miss Fairlie reached an out-of-court settlement with her former husband in which the couple agreed Molly should stay in Pakistan while allowing her mother visiting rights and regular telephone calls.
But she recently claimed her daughter realised she had made a mistake in fleeing to Pakistan, and wanted to return to Britain.
She claimed reality had set in for the teenager, who had initially been dazzled by her fathers relatively wealthy lifestyle in Lahore.
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-Molly-Campbell-England-Pakistan-holiday.html#)
By Daily Mail Reporter
A British schoolgirl who ran away to Pakistan with her father more than four years ago has returned to her mother in this country.
Molly Campbell caused an international tug-of-love when, aged 12, she walked out of school and fled with her father and elder sister to Lahore.
There, she was known as Misbah Rana and attended an Islamic school.
But after living in the Pakistani city since August 2006, during which time her distraught British mother launched a legal bid to bring her home, it emerged yesterday that she has returned voluntarily.
Speaking in Lahore, Mollys father Sajad Ahmed Rana said she had been in the UK for three weeks. However he claimed his daughter, now 16, was merely on holiday and had been enjoying sightseeing in London.
By contrast, the girls mother, ­Louise Fairlie, suggested the move was more permanent, saying yesterday: We are very happy and we are all enjoying the family life that we have got. The past is behind us and we are moving on.
Molly flew in last month with her brother Adam, 20, and has moved in with her 22-year-old sister Tahmina, who lives in London.
Miss Fairlie has been staying with her two daughters since the teenager flew home, it is understood.
Last night, Mr Rana told the Daily Mail: Misbah has been staying with her mother and she is happy there. There is no truth in rumours that she has left Pakistan permanently. She went to Britain as a visitor and its up to her when she wants to come back.
This is just a trip to London and all depends on her if she wants to stay for study or come back to Pakistan.
He said his daughter had successfully completed her tenth-grade studies the equivalent of GCSEs and was now deciding whether to continue studying in Pakistan or Britain.
Mr Rana claimed he had offered to pay for her if she chose to study in London.
We decided this a few weeks ago, and if she wants to stay there, there is no harm in that, he said.
She is 16 and she is free to decide her fate. I have no problem. I am happy if my children are happy. If they are happy in London, there is no harm in that. They can come to ­Pakistan, and I can go there.
All my four children are in London at the moment.
Molly ran away in 2006 after claiming she was unhappy living with her mother and new - but now ex - partner Kenny Campbell, in their council house on the Isle of Lewis in Scotland.
Her disappearance threw a spotlight on a clash of cultures between her father and mother, who had converted to Islam during their marriage.
Miss Fairlie gave an emotional press conference in which she declared Molly had been abducted by her father and expressed fears she might be forced into an arranged marriage.
However, when Molly was found after an Interpol search, she said she had left of her own volition, claiming life in her mothers house had been a living hell.
In 2007, Miss Fairlie reached an out-of-court settlement with her former husband in which the couple agreed Molly should stay in Pakistan while allowing her mother visiting rights and regular telephone calls.
But she recently claimed her daughter realised she had made a mistake in fleeing to Pakistan, and wanted to return to Britain.
She claimed reality had set in for the teenager, who had initially been dazzled by her fathers relatively wealthy lifestyle in Lahore.
(http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-Molly-Campbell-England-Pakistan-holiday.html#)
