Aamir Liaquat to be exhumed for autopsy on June 23 

Karachi: The body of renowned TV host Aamir Liaquat’s will be exhumed on June 23, according to a notification issued by the Sindh health department on Tuesday.

A six-member medical board has been constituted to conduct an autopsy on court’s orders.

According to details, a judicial magistrate in Karachi had ordered the exhumation as well as the postmortem of late religious scholar’s body.

In this regard, the Health Department of Sindh has issued a letter to the police surgeon of Karachi for the exhumation and post-mortem examination of Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain to to ascertain the cause of his death.

The court also directed the authorities concerned to make all necessary arrangements in accordance with the law.

The team would exhume late religious scholars’ body on June 23 and conduct an autopsy to confirm if he died of natural causes or was murdered.

Following exhumations, the samples for the post-mortem will be collected and taken to the laboratory for chemical examination from Hussain's grave in Abdullah Shah Ghazi graveyard—without shifting the mortal remains. 

The family of the deceased had refused to allow a post-mortem examination. Subsequently, on the order of the magistrate, the body of the deceased was thus examined externally and handed over to heirs.

Last week, the court ordered the autopsy of the famous TV personality after a petition was filed demanding an autopsy. 

Aamir Liaquat Hussain died aged 50 after being found unconscious at home in Karachi on June 9. The anchor was taken to hospital, however, pronounced dead on arrival.