A digger driver has been hailed as a hero after he saved a family of five from a flash flood.
Dramatic footage filmed by a bystander shows how the excavator operator, called Mohibullah, drove against the current towards the half-submerged car.
Scores of people watched anxiously from higher ground as murky water gushed over its bonnet and windscreen.
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The digger driver skilfully wedged the stricken car between the bucket and the digger itself.
He carefully drove it to drier ground as the onlookers breathed a sigh of relief.
Five people from the same family were in the car when the flash flood trapped them.
After spotting the family’s plight, he cycled to fetch the digger and bring it back to the scene in Toba Achakzai, Killa Abdullah District, Pakistan.
Mohibullah told local media: “Allah blessed me with unseen help (to save the family).”
He said that after removing the family from harm’s way, the car owner had offered him all the cash he had on him.
However, Mohibullah politely turned down the generous offer, as reported by Need To Know.
Officials have since rewarded his bravery with several cash prizes worth at least 900,000 PKR (£2,445).
The government of Balochistan Province has also awarded his son an educational scholarship.
Pakistan is experiencing a particularly intense monsoon season this year, with above-average rainfall.
Unusually high temperatures have accelerated snowmelt in the country’s mountainous northern regions.
The monsoon rain conditions had caused the deaths of 196 people, including 98 children, across Pakistan.
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