KARACHI: Sindh High Court on Wednesday extended its earlier restraining order against the exhumation and postmortem of former TV host and Member National Assembly (MNA) Aamir Liaquat’s body.

The two-judge bench, headed by Justice Muhammad Junaid Ghaffar, heard the plea and extended a stay order on the postmortem of the late politician till July 19. Meanwhile, the petitioner Abdul Ahad did not appear before the court in the hearing.

The family of Aamir Liaquat Hussain had approached SHC to reverse a decision of a judicial magistrate for exhumation and autopsy, terming it an un-Islamic act and without the consent of the family.

On June 22, the SHC suspended the order of a local court directing the postmortem of Dr Aamir Liaquat Hussain. The petition was filed by Aamir Liaquat’s son and daughter requesting the court to stop the exhumation and postmortem which was to be conducted on June 23.

On June 20, judicial magistrate in Karachi ordered the formation of a medical board for the post-mortem examination of former TV host and politician Aamir Liaquat Hussain.

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

Aamir Liaquat Hussain, also a PTI MNA from a Karachi constituency, was found unconscious at his house situated in Khudadad Colony of the metropolis. The 50-year-old was rushed to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.