Aftab Iqbal  is a journalist and television anchor from Okara, Pakistan who hosted the political-humour talk show Khabarnaak from 2010 to 2014 on GEO News. Previously, he hosted the show Hasb-e-Haal on Dunya News before leaving the channel.^[2] Aftab is the son of the Urdu poet Zafar Iqbal. From 1994-95, Iqbal served as Media Adviser to Chief Minister Punjab. He frequently writes a column in The News International.^[1] He also wrote an article for Newsweek Pakistan.^[3]As a columnist, Iqbal has written for a number of publications, including the Urdu language Nawa-i-Waqt. He graduated with Masters from the Government College University in Lahore in 1985 and studied history at the San Jose State University in California in 1986.[