Updated at: 1853 PST, Friday, December 18, 2009 KARACHI:
An accountability court on Friday ordered Interior Minister Rehman Malik and all other 52 accused wanted in NAB’s references, to appear before the court on January 8. In line with the Supreme Court’s verdict, an accountability court had earlier in the day issued arrest warrants of the interior minister and other accused. However, Rehman Malik’s lawyer, Khawaja Naveed Ahmed, after watching news in the media, appeared before the court and insisted that the court should first summon all these accused according to the verdict of apex court. The arrest warrants, he argued, could be issued only after non-compliance of the order, he said. The court accepted his arguments and issued summon orders for all 52 accused on Jan 8. It may be reminded that Interior Minister Rehman Malik is accused of getting Yellow taxes released from the port in violation of the procedures when he was the top official of Federal Investigation Agency.
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