ISLAMABAD: The Capital police on Saturday recovered four missing children and reunited a girl with her family.

Four children of Maroof Akram, who went missing from Police Foundation on July 11, were residing with their real mother.

Investigation revealed that the children — Maryam Maroof, 12, Rehan Alam, 7, Ayan Alam, 7, and Fatima, 4 — were from Mr Akram’s first wife and had been living with their father and stepmother.

After separation the first wife moved to Dubai but was in contact with her children, and secretly worked out a plan with the support of her children to take them to her home.

On July 11, their mother successfully picked up her children from outside their home in Police Foundation while playing with other kids.

A nine-year-old girl, who went missing on July 12 from Civic Centre Bahria Town, was found by shopkeepers in a market, who informed the police.

After her disappearance, parents lodged an FIR with Loi Bher police who constituted teams to recover the girl.

Published in Dawn, July 15th, 2018