Watch: Pakistani reporter goes neck neck-deep in water to cover floods

The unusually strong monsoon rains have caused devastating floods in large swathes of Pakistan, affecting more than 30 million people and straining official relief and rescue efforts.


Tens of millions of people across Pakistan are battling the worst monsoon floods in a decade, with countless homes washed away, vital farmland destroyed and the country's main river threatening to burst its banks. Climate Change Minister Sherry Rehman said a third of the nation was under water, creating a "crisis of unimaginable proportions".


The overall death toll from floods across Pakistan reached 1,061 on Monday while rising levels of the gushing Indus river threatened more deluges in the lower-lying plains of Punjab and Sindh provinces before emptying into the Arabian Sea.


Amidst all this, a video of a Pakistani news reporter standing neck-deep in water to cover the flood situation is doing the rounds.

His entire body is submerged in water, with you only his head and the microphone visible

"People are facing lot of difficulties. I was on my way to see flooded areas but got stuck in one,” the news reporter can be heard saying in Urdu.



The video has gone viral on social media with netizens appreciating the news reporter’s passion and dedication.

“Pakistan never disappoints,” read one comment.


“Meet Chand Nawab 2.0,”, another user commented.


Earlier, in 2019, a similar video had gone viral when Pakistan’s GTV News reporter Azadar Hussain reported about the flood situation himself going neck-deep in water.