Westmoreland couple lose fight to get grandson back from Pakistan

After a lengthy custody battle, a judge in Pakistan has ruled that 12-year-old Westmoreland County native Imran Hashmi belongs with his mother and stepfather.

The stepfather, who lives in England, and an attorney who represented the boy's American grandparents in their quest for custody confirmed the judge's decision.

Imran, named Nathan David Ewing at birth, was living at the SOS Children's Village Lahore, an orphanage in the northern Pakistan town.

Bill and Kathy Gregg of Oklahoma Borough alleged their daughter and her husband abandoned Imran at the orphanage. The Greggs petitioned the court to allow them to bring him back to the United States with the support of the boy's father, David Ewing.

Kamran Hashmi and his wife Yasmeen, formerly Melissa Gregg, rebuffed accusations they abandoned the boy. They said they placed him at the SOS Children's Village temporarily so he could get an education. They denied knowing it was an orphanage.

"Imran is back with his mother where he belongs ... with her and his siblings -- his family," Kamran Hashmi wrote in an e-mail.

Kathy Gregg said her family is "devastated" by the ruling.

"One good thing that came out of this is: Nathan now knows his name and he knows that he has an American family who loves him," she said.