Deposed PM Nawaz Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz said on Tuesday that her father "must not" appear before the accountability court over the National Accountability Bureau references filed against him and his family.

Despite reservations, she said, her family had appeared before the Joint Investigation Team (JIT) probing their offshore assets, hoping that the "judicial system will follow a legal path & will not come under pressure".

Accountability court summons Sharifs again after no-show

However, she insisted that her father must not appear before the court and fall prey to "political & personal victimisation in the garb of accountability". "It's a FARCE," she added.

On July 28, a five-member top court bench hearing the Panama Papers case had disqualified Sharif from the PM’s office for failing to declare a salary, which he had not withdrawn as an executive of Dubai-based company, as an asset when filing his nomination papers in 2013.

Against the disqualification, the PML-N leader gave a series of speeches against the apex court verdict. He also filed a review petition against the decision, which was rejected last week.

NAB files four corruption references against Sharif family, Ishaq Dar in accountability courts

NAB submitted four corruption references against the Sharif family and Finance Minister Ishaq Dar in Islamabad’s accountability court, prepared in light of the July 28 judgement.

The court summoned Sharif, his family and the finance minister on Tuesday, but none of them turned up, compelling it to issue notices to them again.