Abeel Jawed Opens Up On Husband's Tragic Death

The former television host broke down while recalling her husband’s final hours and the heartbreaking questions her young daughters asked after his death.

Pakistani television host Abeel Jawed has left viewers emotional after opening up about the sudden death of her husband, Shehzad, and the traumatic circumstances surrounding his final hours. Appearing on Good Morning Pakistan, hosted by Nida Yasir, Abeel shared a deeply personal account of losing her husband, revealing how a medical emergency turned into a tragedy that she is still struggling to process.

Abeel is best known for co-hosting Masala TV’s popular cooking show Handi alongside the late culinary icon Zubaida Tariq. The programme became one of the longest-running cooking shows on Pakistani television. Following her reported marriage in March 2014, Abeel stepped away from hosting and focused on her family. She is the mother of two daughters. Her husband passed away in May 2026 after suffering heart failure.

During her appearance on the morning show, Abeel revisited the events that led to his death, describing a devastating experience that unfolded within hours. According to her, Shehzad had not appeared seriously ill, and she initially suspected that his oxygen levels might be low. However, the situation took a frightening turn when they reached the hospital.

Abeel recalled that the doctors discussed several serious interventions, including dialysis and putting him on a ventilator. The news left Shehzad distressed, as he reportedly expressed his reluctance to undergo such procedures. What followed was a medical crisis that Abeel said she could never have anticipated.

“Shehzad wasn't sick,” she said while recalling the incident. She explained that his heart failed within four hours of hearing the doctors' assessment, leaving her shocked by how quickly everything had changed.

One of the most painful aspects of her account was the guilt she described carrying after taking her husband to the hospital. Abeel said she had brought him there believing he needed medical attention, only to watch his condition deteriorate before her eyes. The fact that her children associated the hospital visit with their father's death made the experience even more difficult for her to bear.

The former host also spoke about the fear she experienced at the thought of raising her daughters alone. Having never imagined herself navigating single parenthood, she admitted that hearing other people's experiences of losing a spouse had frightened her. Now, faced with that reality herself, she was left to make sense of her grief while helping her children cope with a loss they were too young to fully understand.

Abeel's account became particularly heartbreaking when she described how her younger daughter, Hoorain, struggled to comprehend the permanence of death. For a child encountering the loss of a parent for the first time, the idea that someone could leave and never return was almost impossible to grasp.

Recalling the family's final moments with Shehzad, Abeel said Hoorain began crying while looking at her father's face for the last time. The little girl reportedly kept saying that she would see him again when her Baba returned, unaware that he would never come home.

“Imagine your children are calling their father and there is no reply,” she said, explaining how they continued sending him voice notes only to be met with silence. While Abeel prompted an outpouring of emotion, the interview also sparked criticism on social media, with some viewers directing their anger towards Nida Yasir.

Several users questioned the decision to invite a young widow onto a morning show to revisit such an intensely traumatic experience. Critics accused Nida of pushing Abeel to discuss painful memories and then attempting to console her when she became overwhelmed by emotion.

The backlash centred on what viewers perceived as a contradiction between asking a grieving guest to relive the most devastating moments of her life for a television audience and offering comfort once the emotions became difficult to contain.

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