Court orders formation of medical board for Aamir Liaqaut's autopsy.

KARACHI -- A local court in Karachi on Monday ordered the formation of medical board for the post-mortem examination of former TV host and politician Aamir Liaquat Hussain, media reported.

Judicial Magistrate East Wazeer Hussain Memon wrote a letter to the provincial health secretary to constitute a medical board and fix a date for the exhumation of the body.

The station house officer (SHO) of the Brigade Police Station was told to make necessary arrangements in this regard.

On Saturday, a district and session court directed police to exhume the body of renowned TV personality Aamir Liaquat Hussain, days after he died at his residence in Karachi and the family refused to conduct an autopsy.

During the hearing, the applicant maintained that it was important to determine the cause of his death as there...

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