Member of National Assembly (MNA) and famous television host Aamir Liaquat Hussain has passed away in Karachi, officials confirmed Thursday.
As per his domestic staff, Aamir Liaquat was not feeling well since morning and later became unconscious. He was taken to a private hospital where he was pronounced dead upon arrival, he added. However, spokesperson of Chippa, a welfare organisation, stated that the lawmaker was found dead at his house.
Meanwhile, the police have started an investigation into the death of the lawmaker. The authorities have decided to conduct a post-mortem as he died under mysterious circumstances.
He was member of the National Assembly from 2002 to 2007 and served as the Minister of State for Religious Affairs from 2004 to 2007 in the federal cabinet of Prime Minister Shaukat Aziz.
Hussain later joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) in March 2018 and was re-elected to the lower house of the parliament as a PTI candidate for constituency NA-245 in the 2018 general election.
