Assets beyond means: court grants interim bail to Usman Buzdar.

LAHORE -- An accountability court on Saturday granted pre-arrest interim bail to former chief minister Punjab Sardar Usman Buzdar till November 30 in assets beyond means inquiry launched

by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB).

The court ordered Usman Buzdar to submit su ety bonds of Rs 500,000 for availing the relief of bail.

Accountability Court Judge Sheikh Sajjad Ahmad heard the bail application filed by the former chief minister.

Buzdar's counsel argued before the court that the NAB had launched investigations against his client in connection with assets beyond means. He submitted that it was feared that the bureau...