Aamir Liaquat Hussain (Urdu: عامر لیاقت حسین; 5 July 1971 – 9 June 2022) was a Pakistani politician, columnist and television host.
Hussain was a top ranking TV anchor and was listed three times in The 500 influential Muslims worldwide, and was among 100 popular personalities of Pakistan.
[17] In 2006, the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan notified it would not recognize Hussain's BA in Islamic Studies obtained from the Trinity College and University as it was fake.
[20] This followed a 2002 decision to require candidates seeking to be elected for seats in the Provincial and National Assemblies of Pakistan to hold at least a bachelor's degree.
He was later enrolled in Federal Urdu University of Arts, Science & Technology in 2010 from where he received his master's degree in Islamic Studies, but according to officials there, Hussain never attended a class or took any exams.
[24][25] Hussain was elected as the Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time in the 2002 Pakistani general election on the ticket of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement from NA-249 (Karachi-XI) constituency[26] and was appointed Minister of State for Religious Affairs[16] and Zakat and Ushar Division in September 2004 in the Shaukat Aziz cabinet.
[35] From 2013 to 2015, an annual publication The 500 Most Influential Muslims by Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Jordan included Hussain in their list.
[12] He then joined BOL media group in 2016, and started hosting current affairs talk show Aisay Nahi Chalay Ga.
[62] In April 2019, he announced that he will play Burhan Wani in Ayub Khoso's upcoming film, based on the Kashmir issue.
[63] In April 2020, he started hosting a game show called "Jeeway Pakistan" which airs on Express TV.
[64] In 2008, Hussain in his TV special, Khatmay Nabuwat, criticised the Ahmadi Community founder, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad.
The guest scholars in the show declared that anyone associated with the Ahmadi group deserve to get murdered on account of blasphemy.
[76] In 2013, Hussain was criticised for giving out abandoned infants to parents who wanted to adopt babies in Amaan Ramazan transmission.
[79] Child welfare advocates expressed concern that the lack of confidentiality could expose the children and their families to teasing and stigma in the future.
[84][85] In January 2017, a social activist and lawyer Jibran Nasir filed a complaint with PEMRA alleging Hussain of running a "malicious, defamatory and life endangering campaign" against him.
[88] Following which the PEMRA banned Hussain and his programme Aisay Nahi Chalay Ga on BOL News for preaching hate.
[96] On 26 May 2018, PEMRA again banned Hussain after creating controversy related to religious organization Jamiat Ahle Hadith and Zakir Naik.
He was immediately rushed to Agha Khan Hospital whilst fighting for his life where doctors pronounced him dead confirming that he had already died prior to arrival there.
[105] On 18 June 2022, a local court ordered his exhumation for postmortem examination as a result of petition filed by a civilian.
[107] Later in December 2022, FIA arrested his third wife, Dania Shah, for the misconduct of leaking his private data on social media.