During the live broadcast of the program of renowned anchor Waseem Badami of private TV channel ARY News, Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal’s video call was suddenly disconnected on Thursday. The incident occurred when he was discussing negotiations with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf.

According to the details, Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal was participating in Waseem Badami’s live program via video call.

During the program, at 11:16 pm, an unknown person suddenly came there, whom Ahsan Iqbal looked up at during the conversation.

The next moment, the person’s voice was heard, who said: “Stop it, stop it.” At the same time, he tried to grab the mobile phone, but Ahsan Iqbal picked up the mobile phone in a panic, resulting in the video call being disconnected.

The host of the program also appeared worried about this sudden incident and asked if Ahsan Iqbal was participating in the program from his home.

He instructed his team to find out the details of the matter, after which the program was stopped for a break.

After a break of about seven minutes, Waseem Badami went live again, but during this time, there was no discussion on the Ahsan Iqbal incident.

After the break, Ahsan Iqbal did not rejoin the program, while the guests of the program had also changed.

At that time, PTI leader Shaukat Yousafzai, journalist Athar Kazmi and Aamir Ilyas Rana were participating in the program.

Later, at 11:46 pm, Ahsan Iqbal rejoined the program. When asked by Waseem Badami, he said, “All is well”.

However, the middle part of the sentence could not be heard clearly. On this, Waseem Badami said that he would not ask for further details at the moment.

The incident sparked widespread speculation across social media, with many people suggesting that it was political in nature.

Ahsan Iqbal clarified Friday morning on X that “a brief disruption occurred during a live broadcast when someone nearby, arguing, was unaware that I was live on air”.

Ahsan Iqbal explained in the post, “I rejoined the interview shortly afterwards”, he added, addressing people to “avoid unnecessary politicisation of this”.

On the other hand, Information Minister Atta Tarar also said in his message on social media that I have also spoken to Ahsan Iqbal, and he said that a child had entered the room unexpectedly, everything is fine, and he also rejoined the show.