LONDON/ISLAMABAD: Model Sophia Mirza, former adviser to the prime minister on accountability Shahzad Akbar, and Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) officers have all been charged by the Islamabad Police with conspiracy, falsification, and abuse of public authority at the request of Sophia’s ex-husband, Umar Farooq Zahoor.
Norwegian-born Pakistani businessman Umar filed a case (465/22) at the Secretariat police station in Islamabad, saying that Sophia and Akbar plotted to construct a story against him by abusing their positions of power and exerting undue influence. The Secretariat police station acknowledged the existence of a case.
Umar has hired attorney Mian Ali Ashfaq to represent him in this dispute in various forums. According to the attorney, there is strong evidence against the suspects, and conviction is likely with effective and vigorous prosecution of this case.
According to Umar’s attorney, Islamabad Police should use every means at their disposal to apprehend Akbar and prosecute him in this case, including arresting him via Interpol if he refuses to abide by the notices they have issued to him in a timely manner.
Umar claimed in the application that Sophia, also known as Khushbakhat Mirza, and Akbar conspired against him and purposefully misled PTI Chairman and former prime minister Imran Khan’s cabinet by withholding the information that he was the Ambassador-at-Large of Liberia for the Middle East, South East Asia, and Pakistan from the federal cabinet and that he was immune from criminal prosecution as a diplomat in a domestic dispute.
