Aamir Liaquat
| Aamir Liaquat Hussain | |
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| Minister of State for Religious Affairs | |
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In office 5 September 2004 – 5 July 2007 |
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| President | Pervez Musharraf |
| Prime Minister | Shaukat Aziz |
| Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan | |
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In office 21 November 2002 – 5 July 2007 |
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| President | Pervez Musharraf |
| Prime Minister | Zafarullah Khan Jamali Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain Shaukat Aziz |
| Constituency | NA-249 (Karachi-XI) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 July 1971 Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan |
| Nationality | Pakistani |
| Parents | Sheikh Liaquat |
| Residence | Karachi |
| Occupation | TV show host |
| Website | AamirLiaquat |
Aamir Liaquat Hussain (Urdu: عامر لیاقت حسین; born 5 July 1971) is a Pakistani television host and former politician who currently hosts the current affairs talk show Aisay Nahi Chalay Ga on BOL News. Hussain had been a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from 2002 to 2007 and served as the Minister of State for Religious Affairs.
Hussain was born on July 5, 1971 in Karachi to politician Sheikh Liaquat Hussain and columnist Mahmooda Sultana. His grandfather Sardar Ali Sabri was a journalist.
Hussain was elected as the Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time in Pakistani general election, 2002 on the ticket of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement from NA-249 Karachi-XI constituency and was appointed as the minister of state for Religious affairs and Zakat and Ushar Division in September 2004 in Shaukat Aziz cabinet.
As the junior minister of Religious Affairs, Hussain asked religious scholars from Pakistan to issue a 'Fatwa' regarding suicide bombings in May 2005.
In June 2005 he was attacked by enraged youths during his visit to Jamia Binoria. Police however denied that any incident of manhandling of Hussain had taken place and said that the crowd only chanted slogans.
Hussain was the minister of state for Religious Affairs until July 2007, when his party asked him to resign from his position as Minister of State for Religious Affairs and from his seat as a member of the National Assembly. According to an official statement, the party was unhappy with the statements made by Hussain against Salman Rushdie. Later in 2008, MQM also expelled Hussain from the party.
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