A second Pakistani court called on Interior Minister Rehman Malik to answer questions over corruption following a scuttled amnesty law, lawyers said.

Amjad Iqbal, a lawyer for the interior minister, held a news conference in Rawalpindi, saying his client is not afraid to face the charges, Pakistan's Dawn newspaper reports.

"The accountability court has summoned my client to appear on Jan. 2. Mr. Malik will appear in court," he said. "We are not afraid of appearing in the courts."

A Pakistani high court last week overturned the National Reconciliation Ordinance that placed a moratorium on corruption investigations into several high-ranking figures.