ISLAMABAD: A court in Karachi ordered on Saturday a postmortem examination of Pakistani lawmaker and TV host Dr. Aamir Liaquat Hussain, who was found dead last week and buried without autopsy after his family rejected it.
Hussain was found unconscious at his Karachi home on June 9 and taken to a hospital where his death was pronounced. His funeral was held the next day, after a row between police and his family who have refused to allow postmortem.
Judicial Magistrate Karachi-East Wazeer Hussain Memon quoted a report by a police surgeon saying that “on the basis of external examination, nothing can be opined regarding the cause of death.”
“It is crystal clear that the cause of death of deceased is still uncertain which itself has raised question on the death, either it is natural or unnatural, and could only be ascertained after exhumation of dead body and its examination,” Memon said in the court order seen by Arab News.
Hussain’s death came weeks after he announced he would leave Pakistan following a controversy surrounding his third marriage that led to intense criticism of the premier televangelist on mainstream and social media.
He was 50.
Hussain, famous for combining religion and game shows, often courted controversy, most recently about his marriage to a girl, reportedly not of legal age, that ended within three months, with the girl accusing him of inflicting violence on her and using drugs and alcohol regularly during their brief relationship.
Hussain repeatedly denied the charges but the story was widely discussed in Pakistan and raised questions about his credentials as a religious expert, leading a teary-eyed Hussain to announce in a video last month that he had decided to leave Pakistan for good.
