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Court overrules decision to conduct exhumation, autopsy of Aamir Liaquat

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Late televangelist and PTI MNA Aamir Liaquat Hussain with his daughter Dua Aamir — Twitter A Karachi court on Tuesday overturned a decision to conduct PTI MNA Aamir Liaquat Hussain's post-mortem. District and Sessions Judge (East) Khalid Hussain Shahani overturned the decision of Judicial Magistrate (East) Wazeer Hussain Memon who had ordered Hussain's postmortem on June 18. The ruling came in response to an appeal filed by Dua Aamir — daughter of the late televangelist and PTI MNA — challenging the court's decision to allow exhumation of the body for an autopsy. The petition seeking the autopsy was filed by a citizen of Karachi.  It had stated that Hussain's sudden death has raised suspicions among his fans and it is suspected that he was killed over a property dispute. The petitioner requested the court to form a special board for the exhumation and autopsy of Hussain, saying that identifying the cause of his death was necessary. In its order, the court h