KARACHI Accountability Court on Saturday exempted Interior Minister Rehman Malik from appearing before the court in person, on a NAB reference regarding the provision of charcoal to his favourite person, while the court adjourned the hearing till February 12. Judge Raja Riaz , while hearing the corruption case on National Accountability Bureau (NAB) reference, granted the request moved by the Federal Minister to exempt him to appear in the trial court, pleading that he could not be appeared in person before the court due to receving life threats from banned extremist outfits. Rehman Malik appeared before the court alongwith his counsel Khawaja Naveed, where he presented intelligence report in the court, submitting that as many as five persons including the Interior Minister were at the hit list of the terrorists. The court after hearing the arguments of the counsel accepted his request. Malik was accused that he took advantage of his post as the then Additional Director FIA and got a contract of 50,000 metric ton charcoal from National Refinery for his brother-in-law in 1995. The Minister has been accused in 1997 by the then government for providing 50 metric tones of charcoal from National Refinery to his brother-in-law in 1996, exceeding his authority as Deputy Director General of FIA, causing a massive loss to the government exchequer. His alleged corruption case was under trial by the Anti-Corruption authority, which transferred it to the NAB in 2004 for further inquiry where it could not be proceeded, rather it was set-aside after promulgation of National Reconciliation Ordinance (NRO) in 2007. Speaking to the media, Interior Minister Rehman Malik said that all the accused of Youm-e-Ashur bombing in Karachi had been arrested and were under investigation. He claimed that Tehrik-e-Taliban, Jundullah and al Qaeda were involved in Karachi mayhem.