''Khabarnaak'' (

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Punjabi :خبرناک) is an

Urdu Urdu (;"Urdu"
'' Punjabi comedy television show hosted by Ayesha Jahanzeb alongside Mir Mohammad Ali With Replace Irshad Bhatti Journalist that airs on GEO News.

Concept

The news series, which is styled after TV news talk shows, focuses on the satirical discussion of politics, current affairs, and society's problems, typically in the Punjabi language. Mir Mohammad Ali dresses up as a celebrity and Ayesha Jahanzeb as the presenter and co-host, while several comedians add comments and analysis. It used to feature a section "Zabaan o Bayaan" where host Ayesha Jahanzaib corrects the wrong use of the

Urdu language Urdu (;"Urdu"
''

Aftab Iqbal Aftab Iqbal is a Pakistani television host, journalist and businessman who founded 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 Ex ...

( Host) *

Sakhawat Naz Sakhawat Naz ( pa, ) is a Pakistani stand-up comedian and actor from Faisalabad, Punjab, Pakistan. He is best known for his work in Pakistan theatre. Naz's television work includes appearances in '' Khabarnaak'' and ''Mazaaq Raat''. He is often ...

as Jeda Driver *

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as Hakeem Sahab *

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* Naseem Vicky

Recurring

* Mir Mohammad Ali as various celebrities' mimic * Honey Albela as himself * Saleem Albela as himself *

Iftikhar Thakur Iftikar Thakur (Urdu, pa, افتخار ٹھاکر), born Iftikhar Ahmed is a Pakistani actor and stand up comedian. He rose to fame for his roles in Punjabi drama. He has starred in numerous stage shows and telefilms in different languages ...

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as Herself * Agha Majid as Aaroo Grenade * Rubi Anam as Sadak * Naseer Bhai as himself * Wajid Khan as himself and various characters * Goga Ji as himself and various characters * Farhat Abbas Shah as Master jee * Sophia Mirza (Co-Host) * Zainab Jamil (Co-Host) * Lucky Dear as himself and various characters * Majid Jahangir * Abid Farooq as Baghi *

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* Ayub Mirza as himself * Naeem Bokhari (Host) *

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(Host) * Ayesha Jahanzeb (Host) * Hassan Murad as himself and various characters * Waseem Punu as himself and various characters * Nadeem Baral as himself and various characters * Imtiaz Kokab * Asghar Yazdani * Naeem Baloch * Sherry Nanha * Zeeshan Haider * Rizma * Zunaira Maham * Javed Kodu * Irshad Bhatti (Host)

Special episodes

* Eid Episodes - Usually, on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, Ali dresses up as

and hosts a portion of the show while parodying Aftab. There are also Eid episodes Eid al-Fitr,

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. * Valentine's Day - Usually, on

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, an episode of 2 hours is broadcast live which includes live calls to challenge Naseer Bhai * New Year's Day celebration - On every new year eve, a special episode is aired on Geo News channel from Aftab Iqbal's farmhouse from Okara. * Imran Khan special - Chairman Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf

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was interviewed during this episode. * Imran Khan's former wife

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appeared on one episode but Geo TV decided not to air this episode.The one that was never aired
Pakistan Today (newspaper), Published 16 January 2016, Retrieved 30 March 2018 * 6 September every year (Defence Day) is celebrated in Pakistan and Khabarnaak does a special show for it. *

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opening batsman,

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- Pakistan's star opener Mohammad Hafeez appears as guest in Khabarnaak * Boxer

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- Pakistan famous boxer Aamir Khan appears as a guest in Khabarnaak and is challenged by ''Bad Weather'' * Army Public School attack - Army Public School attack,

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. A Special program by ''Khabarnaak'' ''Khabarnaak'' has often done parodies or mimicries of well-known Pakistani public personalities like

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and pop artist

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History

Aftab Iqbal used to host the show Hasb-e-Haal starting in January 2009 – 2010. He left this show in April 2010. Due to his fall out with Hasb-e-Haal producers, Aftab surprised viewers by showing up on

GEO TV Geo Television Network is a television channel based in Pakistan. It was established in May 2002 and is owned by the Jang Media Group. The channel began its test transmission on 14 August 2002, with regular transmission beginning on 1 October 2 ...

show ''Choraha''. The first episode of ''Khabarnaak'' was aired on 11 September 2010 with Eid celebration on that day. The first episode's cast included popular stage artists like Naseem Vicky,

and Badr Khan along with

Amanullah Khan Ghazi Amanullah Khan ( Pashto and Dari: ; 1 June 1892 – 25 April 1960) was the sovereign of Afghanistan from 1919, first as Emir and after 1926 as King, until his abdication in 1929. After the end of the Third Anglo-Afghan War in August 1 ...

(Hakeem Sahab) and

(Jeeda driver). Later, Sakhawat Naz and Amnullah Khan became the regular cast and they were joined by

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and Saleem Albela in 2011.

joined the show just before the 2013 General Elections. In another surprise break-up,

and

left the show in August 2013 due to undisclosed reasons and started appearing on Dunya TV in the program ''

Mazaaq Raat Mazaaq Raat (Urdu/Punjabi : ) is a Pakistani television stand-up comedy and talk show hosted by Vasay Chaudhry on Dunya TV. Vasay Chaudhry hosts the show, with the ''Mazaaq Raati'' team consisting of Qaiser Pia, Akram Udaas, Iftikhar Thakur, ...

''. Sakhawat Naz and Amanullah Khan were part of the show since its inception. In place of this trio, Agha Majid a.k.a. ''Aroo Grenade'' (who had earlier appeared on a few episodes), Rubi Anum (Sadiq), Wajid Khan and Farhat Abbas Shah (Master jee) were added to the regular cast. Lucky Dear, Majid Jehangir, Abid Farooq and Akram Udaas also appear on some shows. In May 2014, Aftab Iqbal had a falling out with GEO administration and left the show. Parody star Mir Mohammad Ali took over as the host. After a period of 2–3 weeks, Iqbal re-joined Geo News and started hosting the show again. As of August 2015, Aftab Iqbal left the show (last show aired 25 July 2015). Mir Muhammad Ali hosted the show for a week before Naeem Bokhari was hired as Iqbal's permanent replacement. With Iqbal, cast members Agha Majid, Rubi Anam and Honey Albela also left the show. Iqbal started hosting the show Khabardaar on Express News. They were replaced by Hasan Murad, Sherry Nanna, Saba Gul and Lucky Dear. Majid returned to the show in January 2017.Majid returns to Khabarnaak
/ref> In 2016, Naeem Bokhari was replaced by Ayesha Jahanzeb as host.

, former wife of

did one episode but Geo TV management decided not to air this episode.

replaced Jahanzeb in May 2017 for a few episodes after which Jahanzeb returned to host the show.

Segments of the show

* Segment No. 1:- Mir Mohammad Ali appears as a parody of a public figure and does comedy. Sometimes Saleem Albela, Wajid Khan or Hassan Murad also appear as a parody of public figures in Pakistan * Segment No. 2:- Ayesha Jahanzaib gives very useful advice to the people sitting in the studio and those who are watching the program on TV. * Segment No. 3:- Song segment. Famous Singer Khalid Baig sings a song with his soulful Voice * Segment No. 4:- Khabar program Zunaira (Co-Host Khabarnaak) reads the news and the comedians comments/comedy at that news.

References

External links

Khabarnaak show on YouTube - 29 March 2018
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