Dr. Aamir Liaquat Hussain, a 49-year-old Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MP, died in Karachi, hospital officials confirmed on Thursday afternoon. He was taken to a private hospital where he was pronounced dead on arrival.
According to District East SSP Sardar Abdul Raheem Shirazi, the Liaquat driver called the rescue team (Chhipa).
“The rescue team took him to Aga Khan University Hospital, where doctors verbally declared him dead,” SSP said.
Raheem claimed that “no sign of violence” was seen on the body, adding that police would move him for an autopsy to determine the cause of his death. “A team from the Crime Scene Unit arrived at Aamir’s house to gather evidence,” he said.
Assembly President Raja Pervaiz Ashraf immediately suspended the current session after the fall of Aamir and postponed the session until June 10, at 17.00.
He served as director from 2002 to 2008, and later joined Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in 2018. he recently said goodbye to the PTI after developing differences with the party.
Reacting to the news, his third wife, Dania Shah, used Twitter and said that “life is unpredictable.”
Life is so unpredictable…We desire something, plan something and get something else …. #amirliaquat
— Syeda Dania Shah (@SyedaDaniaShah) June 9, 2022
Following Dania’s application for cancellation of marriage on May 7 in Bhawalpur, Aamir decided to “leave Pakistan for good” following allegedly compromising videos, which were posted online and went viral.
Aamir was best known as a television host and was featured three times on the list of the world’s 500 most influential Muslims. He was born on July 5, 1972, in Karachi and had three marriages, all of which ended in divorce.
Profile
Dr. Aamir Liaquat Hussain was born on 5 July 1971 in Karachi. Hussain was first elected as a member of the National Assembly on MQM’s ticket. He had served the county as the state minister for religious affairs during former president General Musharraf’s tenure. He remained MNA from 2002 to 2007.
Later, Hussain joined the PTI and was elected MNA in the 2018 general elections.
Na Session Adjourned
The National Assembly session was underway when Speaker Raja Pervaiz Ashraf told the lawmakers that he received a sad report about the death of Aamir Liaquat Hussain.
He then announced to stop the NA proceedings immediately and adjourned the session till 5 pm tomorrow.
Condolences pour in
President Arif Alvi, Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah, and others have expressed grief and sorrow over the sudden death of MNA Aamir Liaquat Hussain.
Famous Personalities Tweet About Amir Liaqat Death
And that’s the filth that social media has. The Dark Power. It can ruin people and throw them into a pit of hollowness. And now suddenly Amir Liaqat becomes a sad and shocking demise. Why is everyone shocked? Wasn’t every passed video of him a lead to where he is now?
— Zara Noor Abbas Siddiqui (@ZaraNoorAbbas) June 9, 2022
عوامی مسلم لیگ کے سربراہ اور سابق وفاقی وزیر داخلہ شیخ رشید احمد کا عامر لیاقت حسین کے انتقال پر گہرے دکھ اور رنج کا اظہار۔ اللہ تعالیٰ عامر لیاقت حسین کی مغفرت کرے اور لواحقین کو صبر جمیل عطا کرے۔
— Sheikh Rashid Ahmed (@ShkhRasheed) June 9, 2022
صدر مملکت ڈاکٹر عارف علوی کا ممبر قومی اسمبلی عامر لیاقت حسین کی ناگہانی موت پر اظہار افسوس
صدر مملکت کی مرحوم کیلئے دعائے مغفرت، بلندی درجات کی دعا
صدرمملکت کا مرحوم کے اہل خانہ سے اظہار ہمدردی اور صبر جمیل کی دعا
— The President of Pakistan (@PresOfPakistan) June 9, 2022