ARY News has suspended news anchor Ashfaque Ishaq Satti following harrowing accusations of abuse and domestic violence from his second wife Nomaika.
In a statement released on X last night, the media channel last night condemned abusive behavior and announced to suspend him till the end of the investigation.
“The ARY Management has taken serious notice on the allegations of domestic violence involving anchorperson Ashfaq Satti. He is hereby suspended with immediate effect till the law takes its course and decides the matter. ARY has zero tolerance policy on violence or threats of violence be it at the workplace or domestic,” said the channel’s management in its tweet on X.
As per the latest development, Nomaika is the second wife of Ashfaque Ishaq Satti. His first wife has already divorced him over domestic abuse and violence. The second wife Nomaika was taking care of his children from his first wife. He has a third wife too, named Zara Satti.
Nomaika claims Ashfaque married Zara for the third time after having an illicit relationship with her.
On Sunday night, former news anchor Rabia Anam took to her X account and shared the horrific story of domestic abuse and violence of a girl named Nomaika. The girl has accused Ashfaque of locking her up in the room and beating her viciously while threatening to kill her.
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The tweets stated that she somehow managed to escape the house and got her medico-legal done from Abbasi Shaheed Hospital in Karachi. She has claimed that she faced registering an FIR against him as her husband, Ashfaque Satti is an influential man.
She somehow managed to get a complaint registered against him. Following this, she decided to go public with her accusations and allegations.
https://x.com/NomaikaAshfaq/status/1751779633262112973?s=20
Rabia Anum also shared the picture of the girl with bruises and scars of severe beating. According to the girl, she begged him to leave her, however, he kept on beating her. The girl claims his mother was also present at the scene. Nomaika claims the man has taken from her their 1.5-year-old son.