Buzdar's bail extended in illegal assets case.

LAHORE -- An accountability court on Saturday extended the interim pre-arrest bail of former chief minister Usman Buzdar in an inquiry of illegal assets by the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) with a warning to him to join the investigation without fail.

Buzdar did not appear before the court as his counsel sought a one-time exemption from appearance saying his client was in Dera Ghazi Khan to attend his ailing mother and could not make it to Lahore due to the blockade of roads in the province.

Judge Sajjad Ahmad Sheikh allowed the application of Buzdar and asked the investigating officer of the NAB about the progress in the investigation.

The officer told the judge that Buzdar neither joined the investigation nor submitted the details of his assets.

Told to join investigation without fail

Buzdar's counsel requested for more time to furnish the details to the NAB.

The judge observed that the petitioner was neither cooperating in the investigation nor appearing before the court regularly. He warned the petitioner's counsel of...