He also introduced digital shows Open Mic Cafe, Amaniyat, Dialogue With History and Chacha Boota on his own YouTube channel Aftab Iqbal.

He is the son of well-known poet Zafar Iqbal who also has been writing columns for Pakistani newspapers for over 35 years.

He also used to write this program's script and, as a host of the show, used to try to keep it focused on the political comedy and satire and not let it wander aimlessly.

[7] The crew and cast of Khabarnaak used to do parodies or mimicries of Pakistan's known politicians like Sheikh Rasheed Ahmad, Rehman Malik, Shahbaz Sharif, famous writer Anwar Maqsood, Pakistani TV personality Tariq Aziz and pop music artist Ali Azmat among many others.

[7] Aftab Iqbal used to include a short educational segment in this program, called Zabaan-o-Bayaan in which he used to point out language pronunciation errors made by the common public.