Usman Buzdar secures protective bail from LHC
- By Abid Khan -
- May 04, 2023
BAHAWALPUR: Former Punjab chief minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Usman Buzdar has secured protective bail in corruption and other cases, ARY News reported on Thursday.
Lahore High Court Bahawalpur bench judge Justice Tariq Nadeem heard the case, in which Usman Buzdar appeared in person for protective bail.
The LHC Bahawalpur bench granted seven-day protective bail to Buzdar after hearing initial arguments from his counsel.
The former Punjab chief minister moved LHC against the cases of corruption and others.
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Buzdar is facing several cases of corruption, assets beyond known sources of income ‘charges’ and others.
Earlier, the Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) Punjab summoned the former chief minister Usman Buzdar for building Buzdar’s house on the state’s property.
The ACE said that the state’s property worth billion is under the possession of the former chief minister Punjab in Fort Munro.
Buzdar constructed Buzdar House on two canals of the total property and grabbed two canals’ commercial property by misusing his powers, the ACE added.