KARACHI (National Times)- Famous televangelist and PTI MNA Aamir Liaquat’s body will be exhumed on Thursday morning (June 23), a notification issued by the Sindh health department said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The announcement comes in response to court orders for the exhumation of Hussain’s body for an autopsy so a cause of death can be ascertained. The sudden death of the televangelist on June 9 had sent shock waves across the country.<\/p>\n
A six-member medical board has been formed for the autopsy. Police surgeon Dr Samia will head the board.<\/p>\n
Additional police surgeon Shahid Nizam, Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre’s Forensics Medicine Head of the Department Pervaiz Makhdoom, medico-legal officer Dr Areeb Baqai, forensic expert Dr Hari Ram and Dr Gulzar Ali are part of the medical board.<\/p>\n
Court approves plea seeking autopsy
\nThe judicial magistrate (East) in Karachi on Saturday approved a petition seeking the autopsy of the anchorperson.<\/p>\n
A petition was filed stating that Hussain’s sudden death has raised suspicions among his fans and it is suspected that he was killed over a property dispute.<\/p>\n
The petitioner requested the court to form a special board for the exhumation and autopsy of Hussain, saying that identifying the cause of his death was necessary.<\/p>\n
In its order, the court said that Liaquat\u2019s family \u2014 the \u201cheirs of his grave\u201d \u2014 have maintained that conducting the anchorperson\u2019s post-mortem would violate the sanctity of his grave.<\/p>\n
But the court said that if the death is suspicious and there is a fear that a crime might have been committed, then the law will have to take its course.<\/p>\n
Responding to the order, Hussain’s former wife Dr Bushra Iqbal raised several questions on performing an autopsy on Hussain.<\/p>\n
She urged fans to be vocal in opposing the autopsy as it “is a painful procedure for dead people and Islam doesn\u2019t allow it”.<\/p>\n
Death
\nThe PTI dissident was found unconscious at his house situated in Khudadad Colony of the metropolis, according to his servant Javaid.<\/p>\n
The 50-year-old was rushed to a hospital where he could not be resuscitated and was pronounced dead.<\/p>\n
His death came as a shock to the media industry and people vented anger at the social media trolls who had hounded the TV host for his botched third marriage.<\/p>\n
The body of the PTI lawmaker was handed over to his family for burial only after Judicial Magistrate Naukar Abbas allowed it.<\/p>\n
While police were insisting on conducting an autopsy to ascertain the cause of death, Hussain’s estranged family members, who came only for his last rites, insisted that a postmortem will delay the funeral.<\/p>\n
The body was received by the late anchor’s son and last rites were conducted by Chippa. Hussain was laid to rest in a graveyard on the premises of the Abdullah Shah Ghazi shrine in Clifton.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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