A Pakistani teenager has drowned while attempting to record a video near a fast flowing river.

Sheraz Khan, 19, went to the Swat River, in the far north of the country, for a picnic with his cousin Yaseen Khan and uncle Khan Muhammad.

The electrical engineering student, from Karachi, who was scared of water, walked onto the edge of rocks beside the swollen river.

Sheraz Khan's cousin said he used to tease his relative about his fear of water, prompting him to ask for a video to be made of him beside the river

Sheraz is seen in the video walking to the waters edge and begins to climb down before he loses his footing and falls into the river

Sheraz is then carried away by the fast moving waters of the Swat River as his cousin begins to cry out in despair

Video shows the teen get closer to the river, before he slips on the wet surface and falls in.

The harrowing moments were captured on Yaseen's smartphone. The devastated relative said: 'During the whole trip he used to stop me from going close to river.

'He was very scared of the river. I used to make fun of him that "you are afraid, be a man".

'As we were about to leave, Sheraz requested me to make his video as he will go close to the river and will show me that he was not afraid.

The 19-year-old electrical engineering student was visiting the Swat Valley from Karachi

'I never thought that this could happen. I curse myself for not stopping him.'

The shocking incident happened on Thursday evening last week.

Sheraz's maternal uncle, Khan Muhammad, said: 'It was around 6pm and we were about to leave for home.

'I went to the hotel to checkout and Sheraz and Yaseen went to the river side to shot few pictures.

'As I ventured into the hotel, I heard Yaseen shouting 'Ya Allah' (Oh Allah) several times.

'I rushed and saw Sheraz drowning into the fast flowing river.

'Scores of people gathered near the spot but we all were so helpless that we could see him drowning but couldn't help him.'

'The incident has left us all in deep shock. We are too unlucky to loose him this way but who can fight fate.'

Rescuers took Sheraz's body out of the river rthe next morning near Manghora, around 30 miles away from where he fell in

Sheraz's uncle Khan Muhammad said the teenager's death 'has left us all in deep shock'

A rescue team rushed to the spot within 10 minutes but by then Sheraz had drowned

His body was fished out the next morning near Manghora, around 30 miles away from the place where the accident happened.

Shera'z father Ghulab Saeed said: 'My biggest fear was when I was told that his body has not been recovered yet.

'I prayed to God that may we get his body so that I could burry him with my hands.'