Aamir Liaquat Hussain, a former member of the National Assembly (MNA) and popular television host, died Thursday in Karachi, Pakistan, at the age of 49.

Hussain had been listed as the 500 influential Muslims worldwide and was among the 100 popular personalities of Pakistan.

He was born on July 5, 1971 in Karachi to politician Sheikh Liaquat Hussain and columnist Mahmooda Sultana. He received his Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) degree from Liaquat Medical College Jamshoro in 1995, and Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Islamic Studies in 2002.

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He said in an interview once that be had a degree of Master of Arts in Islamic Studies in 2002 from the Trinity College and University (based in Spain but incorporated in Dover, Delaware).

However, in 2006, the Higher Education Commission of Pakistan declared the BA degree in Islamic Studies of Hussain obtained from Trinity College and University as not recognized and fake. In In 2003, The Guardian had reported that this university was a scam where one could buy a degree.

While filing for his nomination forms for the 2002 Pakistani general elections, Hussain had declared his BA degree to the election commission of Pakistan. It was later reported that Hussain had purchased his degrees from Trinity College and University to become eligible for contesting the elections.

Hussain’s claim to have received an MBBS degree from Liaquat Medical College Jamshoro in 1995 was also later falsified.

In 2012, there were reports that he appeared as a candidate for a Bachelor of Arts degree at the University of Karachi from where he graduated in 2008. 

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Hussain was elected as the Member of the National Assembly of Pakistan for the first time in the 2002 Pakistani general election. He was re-elected to the National Assembly as a PTI candidate for constituency NA-245 (Karachi East-IV) in the 2018 Pakistani general election. On October 4, 2021, he resigned from his National Assembly of Pakistan’s seat.