LAHORE/DUBAI (By News Desk): A Lahore Judicial Magistrate has cleared businessman Umar Farooq Zahoor in two cases of money-laundering and fraud – registered against Mr Zahoor by his former wife Sophia Mirza with help from former accountability minister Shahzad Akbar who had managed to get PTI govt cabinet approval for these cases. Judge Ghulam Murtaza Virk of Judicial Magistrate Courts has acquitted the Umar Farooq Zahoor and cancelled two First Information Reports (FIRs) after the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) informed the court that its investigations had established that the accused was not involved in fraud, money-laundering and corruption. Both cases were started in early June 2020 after Sophia Mirza approached the FIA Lahore’s Corporate Circle with Shahzad Akbar’s help, who got the cabinet to approve the investigations, over allegations of fraud and money-laundering of around Rs16 billion by Umar Farooq Zahoor and his brother-in-law Saleem Ahmad. Bullies trained at Zaman Park behind violent protests: Maryam Nawaz PTI commits terrorism by damaging properties: PM Sophia Mirza had alleged that Zahoor had allegedly committed bank fraud of $89.2m in Norway in 2010 and another alleged case in Bern, Switzerland, in 2004. The former Special Assistant to Prime Minister (SAPM) Shahzad Akbar took … Continue reading Umar Farooq Zahoor acquitted in two fabricated money-laundering cases made by Shahzad Akbar, Sophia Mirza