Pakistan Reality TV Contestant Drowns Performing Challenge

A contestant on a Pakistani reality TV show drowned while performing a challenge for the program. Saad Khan, 32, was swimming across a lake while wearing a 15lb (7kg) backpack when he called out for help and then disappeared underwater. Horrified co-contestants and crew rushed to try to save him but could not find him in the murky waters of the lake in the Thai capital of Bangkok, where the show was being filmed.

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