NAB raids Aleem's Lahore office, seizes documents.

LAHORE -- A team of the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) raided on Friday detained former Punjab senior minister Abdul Aleem Khan's office in Gulberg area, media reported.

Sources said NAB officials took into custody documents related to the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader's offshore properties and important record during the raid.

The anti-graft watchdog has approved investigation against Aleem Khan for allegedly accumulating assets beyond his known sources of income.

The approval came during a meeting of NAB officials presided over by the bureau's Lahore director general.

Earlier, on Feb 14, an accountability court had extended the physical remand of Aleem Khan for 10 days.

NAB officials produced the PTI leader amid tight security in the court of AC Judge Najamul Hassan Bukhari and sought his remand for further probe into corruption charges against him.

During the course of the hearing, a...

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