{"id":89673,"date":"2025-10-29T13:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=89673"},"modified":"2025-10-29T13:53:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-29T08:53:11","slug":"esshal-adnan-accuses-aftab-iqbal-of-threats-and-harassment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/esshal-adnan-accuses-aftab-iqbal-of-threats-and-harassment\/","title":{"rendered":"Esshal Adnan accuses Aftab Iqbal of threat and ‘harassment’"},"content":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: TV personality and morning show host Esshal Adnan accused journalist and host Aftab Iqbal<\/a> of harassment and threat after she joined his program at Express News.<\/em><\/p>\n

In a recent podcast on Unfold Pakistan<\/em>, Adnan revealed that she was removed from the program just three days after being hired as a co-host for refusing Aftab Iqal’s “inappropriate demands”,\u00a0which she described as deeply unprofessional and distressing.<\/p>\n

Esshal said, “I told him that I respect you, but such behavior is not acceptable for a senior anchor.”<\/p>\n

Despite her firm refusal, she claims that Iqbal reacted with anger, threatening to remove her from the show and block her from appearing on screen.<\/p>\n

After that, she added that she was immediately revoked from the program and noted that multiple witnesses were present to corroborate her claims.<\/p>\n

“After the incident, I complained to the channel\u2019s HR department, prompting the channel owner to intervene. The owner acknowledged Iqbal\u2019s business influence but assured her she would face no retaliation,” Esshal said.<\/p>\n

Despite trauma, Esshal maintains her stance, saying that Aftab Iqbal has since changed and is now a better person. She added that he is a father to four daughters and a son and has learned from his past mistakes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

ISLAMABAD: TV personality and morning show host Esshal Adnan accused journalist and host Aftab Iqbal of harassment and threat after she joined his program at Express News. In a recent podcast on Unfold Pakistan, Adnan revealed that she was removed from the program just three days after being hired as a co-host for refusing Aftab […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":89681,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[31987,31988],"class_list":["post-89673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan","tag-esshal-adnan-aftab-iqbal","tag-esshal-adnan-harassment"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=89673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":89682,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/89673\/revisions\/89682"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/89681"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=89673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=89673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=89673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}