# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/aftab-iqbal
# Generated: 2026-08-13T11:27:25.968Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/aftab-iqbal"
name: "Aftab Iqbal"
slug: "aftab-iqbal"
description: "Aftab Iqbal  is a Pakistani television host, journalist and businessman who founded an international Pakistani news channel, Aap Media Group. He is a former host of TV programs Hasb-e-Haal on Dunya News (2009–2010), Khabarnaak on Geo News (2010–2015), Khabardaar on Express News (2015–2018), Himaqatain (2018–2019) on 92 News, Khabarzar on Aap News (2019–2020), Khabaryar on Neo News (2020–2021), Khabardaar Season 2 on Express News (2021–2022) and Khabarhar on Samaa TV News (2022–2023). Since 2024, He is doing Khabarhar Season 2 on Web Digital Platforms."
tagline: "Pakistani journalist"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Aftab_iqbal.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Journalists"
  slug: "journalists"
profileType:
  name: "Journalist"
  slug: "journalist"
birthDate: "1961-09-19"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           43.88
  momentum:             0
  historical:           5.109146666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     45
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm7299317/"
    handle:    "nm7299317"
  - platform:  "WEBSITE"
    url:       "http://www.aftabiqbal.com/"
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aftab_Iqbal"
    title: "Aftab Iqbal"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A5%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "آفتاب إقبال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "آفتاب اقبال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "آفتاب اقبال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%A8%86%E0%A8%AB%E0%A8%BC%E0%A8%A4%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%AC_%E0%A8%87%E0%A8%95%E0%A8%AC%E0%A8%BE%E0%A8%B2"
    title: "ਆਫ਼ਤਾਬ ਇਕਬਾਲ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A2%D9%81%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%A8_%D8%A7%D9%82%D8%A8%D8%A7%D9%84"
    title: "آفتاب اقبال"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4690417"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump