Pakistani anchor dresses up like an emperor to report news, Twitter feels India will follow soon
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A video posted on Twitter shows Hafeez dressed like an emperor, brandishing a sword while reporting from the Lahore Fort, before signing off.
Pakistani anchor Amin Hafeez is in news again. The man who had earlier interviewed cattle has once again discovered a unique way to report news.
A video posted on Twitter shows Hafeez dressed like an emperor, brandishing a sword while reporting from the Lahore Fort, before signing off.
A behind-the-scenes video of Hafeez was shared by another Pakistani journalist on Twitter that went viral almost instantly.
#Pakistan Famous reporter amin hafeez in action #PTC pic.twitter.com/VJe7VQPJWA
— Ghulam Abbas Shah (@ghulamabbasshah) January 14, 2020
Another Twitter user shared the final footage that was aired on Geo News. Hafeez was reporting on the uproar that's been created after a wedding was hosted inside the premise of the historic Lahore fort.
Here is the final cut... as received from my friend Amin Hafeez himself. This is Cool 😎 https://t.co/WmNQItByQS pic.twitter.com/DAepMjiS0U
— Umashankar Singh उमाशंकर सिंह (@umashankarsingh) January 15, 2020
Hafeez himself shared the entire report on his Facebook page.
In no time, the video went viral and Indians on Twitter wondered how long would it take before the idea was copied by various news channels in the country.
This is going to happen on Indian tv news soon. I can’t believe we haven’t done it yet https://t.co/M3FWAIKw2h
— Nidhi Razdan (@Nidhi) January 14, 2020
Such innovative & brilliant news TV. Shape of things to come for us too, I suppose. On news TV nuttiness, what Pakistan thinks today India thinks tomorrow. https://t.co/IX7Z9e38xt
— Shekhar Gupta (@ShekharGupta) January 15, 2020
Reminding me of Indian journalists in space suits, police and army uniforms. A neck to neck race in the news world of the bizarre. https://t.co/XKVUndc1e5
— Storywallah (@neeleshmisra) January 15, 2020
अब बात निकली है तो माशाल्लाह दूर तक ही जाएगी। https://t.co/YVNhPIxtwf
— Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavsinha) January 15, 2020
Hafeez has always been known for his innovative news reporting. His cattle interview a few years back is still used as meme material in the subcontinent and now the anchor seems to have moved to grander things.