After being summoned by NAB Mandviwalla calls for fair accountability.

ISLAMABAD -- Senate Deputy Chairman Saleem Mandviwalla Wednesday said that he would appear before the National Accountability Bureau (NAB) on July 9 to record his statement in the fake bank accounts case but justice should prevail in the matter.

'I believe in transparent accountability,' the deputy chairman said in a statement adding that on-going accountability process should not be used as a tool to politically victimize the political leadership.

'We respect courts,' said Senator Mandviwalla, former finance minister and a close aide to Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leader Asif Ali Zardari. He further said that his family was in business and had also produced well known lawyers. He said that transparency and accountability were the 'hallmarks of democracy but there was need for fairness in the process.'

NAB had summoned Mandviwalla in the fake bank account case asking him to appear before the investigators of the anti-corruption watchdog on Wednesday to record his statement.

However, the Senate deputy chairman through a letter informed the NAB that he was busy due the death of his close family member and would not be available on...