Court orders Aamir Liaquat's autopsy

Heirs against autopsy, suspect no foul play

KARACHI:

A local court in Karachi on Saturday ordered the autopsy of TV host and former politician Aamir Liaquat Hussain after a petition was filed demanding a postmortem.

During the hearing today, attended by Aamir Liaqat's heirs and the government legal team, the public prosecutor stated that his heirs did not want a postmortem to be conducted as it would hurt their father’s “soul”.

According to the heirs, they do not suspect any foul play in the former politician’s death.

The police had also presented a report in court today stating that the police surgeon could not ascertain the cause of death till an autopsy was performed.

Earlier today, the court had reserved its judgement after hearing the arguments of both parties.

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Abdul Ahad, a citizen, had filed a petition in the judicial magistrate's court in regarding the post-mortem.

Yesterday, the judicial magistrate (East) issued notices to the legal heirs of Aamir Liaquat and police officials on the petition seeking the autopsy of the lawmaker who was found dead at his residence earlier this month.

Barrister Arsalan Raja, counsel for the petitioner, stated that Aamir Liaquat died under "mysterious circumstances" and added that determining the cause of death was important as the departed was a lawmaker and a TV host.

The petitioner had also requested the court to form a special board for the exhumation and autopsy of the entertainer, claiming that identifying the cause of his death was necessary.