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India Today
21-07-2025
- General
- India Today
Fact Check: Pak journalist in this viral video isn't dead. He told us the real story
It is not unusual for a reporter to walk a few steps into the overflowing waters to show the magnitude and the force of floods. However, what about a scenario in which the reporter, showing the fury of floods live, suddenly loses control and is swept away forever? A video from Pakistan, supposedly showing exactly this, is widely viral in India. Several people online and media organisations, including NDTV and India Today's 'MO', reported that the Pakistani reporter died while covering the floods. Many publications just said that the reporter was 'swept away,' leaving it open to interpretation. advertisementHowever, India Today Fact Check tracked down the reporter, Ali Musa Raza of Pakistan, and spoke to him. He was not even swept away. MO deleted the video when pointed out the mistake. More than 170 people have already died in Pakistan since June 25, as massive floods have destroyed hundreds of houses in the Punjab province of the reporter's video went viral, it generated a range of reactions on social media. While some rued his 'tragic death', others applauded his journalistic spirit. Some discarded it as AI-generated, and still others thought it was staged. WHERE DID THE VIDEO COME FROM?Scanning through the news reports from Pakistan and India, we found that the source of this video is Rohi TV, a local media outlet based in the Punjab province of Pakistan. This original report was published on July 14. The man in the video is Ali Musa Raza, a Pakistani journalist who also goes by the name of Amir. According to the news published on the Facebook Page of Rohi TV on July 14, Musa and his cameraman shot the video at Koh Sulaiman, near Sakhi Sarwar in southern DID MUSA SAY?We spoke to Ali Musa Raza and asked him how the rumour about his death got viral. Musa said that it might have to do with how the viral video ends abruptly. Musa told India Today Fact Check that while he was neither swept away nor fell into the current. All that happened was that when he took a step back, his cable mic got disconnected, following which his cameraman paused the recording. Soon after his video went viral, and many Indian publications declared him dead, he started getting calls and messages from his friends and family. Musa was so fed up with these messages that he recorded a follow-up video on July 20, accusing Indian media of bias and spreading fake news. We asked Musa if he was swept away at the time, since he was almost entirely submerged in the flood waters. He claimed that he is an expert in shooting dramatic flood videos and has done it multiple times earlier as well. He boasted that this is not the first time that his videos have become viral in India. He shared with us his earlier adventures as a daredevil flood reporter.- Ends Want to send us something for verification? Please share it on our at 73 7000 7000 You can also send us an email at factcheck@
Mint
18-07-2025
- Climate
- Mint
Pakistan journalist swept away in flood fury on camera, shocking visuals show reporter sucked under water
Pakistan: In a shocking video that's gone viral across social media, a man, reportedly a Pakistani journalist, was swept away by raging floodwaters while on a live broadcast near Chahan Dam in the nation's Rawalpindi. The chilling footage shows the reporter neck-deep in the fast moving waters, microphone still in hand, moments before he's pulled by the gushing current. Multiple videos of the same incident across social media captures the exact moment when the journalist— reportedly identified as Ali Musa Raza — was standing in the water, only his outstretched hand visible, till he is dragged into the waters. Pakistan has been reeling under heavy rains, which wreaked havoc in the eastern region of the nation, killing as many as 54 people in the last 24 hours, officials said on Thursday, July 17. The 54 deaths in the past day occurred in Punjab province, which received 124% more rainfall between July 1 and July 15 than the same period the previous year, forecasters said, reported Associated Press. Not just the deaths, but the incessant rains have also triggered flash floods and inundated several villages as Pakistan experiences 82 per cent more rainfall in July 2025 as compared to the same period in July 2024, AP reported, citing the Pakistan Meteorological Department. Cloudburst in the Jhelum district in Punjab triggered flash flooding, prompting authorities to use boats to evacuate dozens of people. People wade through the flooded street after during the monssoon rain in Rawalpindi, Pakistan July 17, 2025. REUTERS/Waseem Khan The National Disaster Management Authority issued an updated flood alert on Thursday urging local authorities to remain on high alert as heavy rains continue. Tourists were advised to avoid travel to affected areas where rains could trigger landslides and block highways. Commuters wade through a flooded street amidst heavy monsoon rains in Rawalpindi on July 17, 2025. Heavy rains have been linked to 54 deaths in the past 24 hours in Pakistan, taking the toll to about 180 since the arrival of the monsoon in late June, the government's disaster agency said on July 17. (Photo by Farooq NAEEM / AFP) Television news footage Thursday showed an army helicopter plucking three members of a family from the roof of their house after they were stranded by a flash flood on the outskirts of Rawalpindi city. More rain is expected in the capital Islamabad, Pakistan-administered Kashmir and other parts of the country, the meteorological department reported.
