Claim: A video shows Yemen’s army attacking Israel. Fact: Though military tensions have recently escalated between Israel and the Houthis, the video in the claim is unrelated. A close analysis of its visuals and past patterns of misinformation suggest that the video is most likely from the videogame Arma 3. On 16 March […]
Claim: A video shows police prevented Muslims from praying on Eid in Indian occupied Kashmir. Fact: The video shows Indian police officers violently enforcing COVID-19 lockdown by hitting people with sticks in 2020. On 31 March 2025, a post on Facebook showed a video of police officials threatening and hitting people with canes. […]
Claim: Pakistani retail chain Imtiaz has said it would continue selling products from Israel, indicating its refusal to boycott products from or linked to the Middle Eastern nation. Fact: Imtiaz has denied making such an announcement, saying the viral claim is “false/fabricated”. It has also expressed “its strong support for the people of Gaza & […]
Claim: Cola Next is a product of Coca-Cola. Fact: The claim is false. Cola Next is a Pakistani brand owned by Mezan Group, and not Coca-Cola. Currently, it is not listed on the BDS boycott list. The claim likely surfaced due to a glitch in the No Thanks app and the similarity between the names […]
Claim: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has been killed after his convoy was fired upon. Fact: The claim is false; no such firing incident occurred recently and Rehman is safe and alive. The video report contains unrelated and old footage. On 8 April 2025, YouTube channel TRUE FACTS posted (archive) a video titled, “Maulana Fazal […]
Claim: A news anchor from the UAE confronted Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif for performing Umrah with his family on state expenses during an interview. Fact: The claim is false; the viral video has been dubbed over. The video in the claim is from an interview which dates back to 2023, and it does not contain […]
Claim: At a rally in Dalbandin, Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) member Gulzadi Baloch praised the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA), a proscribed militant group. Fact: An incomplete clip of Gulzadi Baloch has been shared out of context. In the original interview, she mentioned a young local boy who had welcomed and declared his support for the […]
Claim: A video shows Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tripping and falling at a meeting from his recent visit to the Gulf states. Fact: This claim is false. The video does not show Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif tripping and falling. Instead, it shows Lebanese President Michel Aoun falling at the Arab League Summit in 2017. […]
Claim: A video shows the Pakistan Army sneaking away bodies of the soldiers killed in the March 2025 operation against the BLA following the Jaffar Express hijacking. Fact: The video predates the Jaffar Express hijacking and appeared online as early as March 2024. On 14 March 2025, X (formerly Twitter) user @jpsin1 posted (archive) a […]
Claim: Journalist Waseem Badami recently asserted that the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) had consolidated all of Maulana Tariq Jameel’s bank accounts, totalling PKR 49 billion. Fact: Waseem Badami’s video clip, originally recorded in 2023, has been repeatedly circulated on social media without proper context. In 2023, the FIA issued press clarifications—and later reiterated to Soch […]
Claim: Social media posts claimed that a woman who allegedly assaulted an air hostess of Serene Airways is the daughter of Quetta’s ex-commissioner. Fact: The claim is false. Our investigation suggests that the woman’s father did not hold any such position and they are unrelated to any political or bureaucratic background. According to Jogezai’s relative, […]
Claim: A video on social media shows hostages taken by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) after the militant group hijacked the Jaffar Express in Balochistan. Fact: The claim is misleading because the video is not from March 2025. It was available on the internet as early as December 2024 and is not related to the […]
Claim: According to a post on social media Donald Trump’s expression while hearing the Muslim “call to prayer” at the national prayer service surprised everyone. Fact: The caption is misleading as the video itself does not show anything of the sort. During the national prayer service, Trump did not make any statement or expressions […]
Claim: A video on social media shows the poor state of Services Hospital in Lahore under the leadership of Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz. Fact: The claim is misleading as the video is from July 2023 when the interim government was in charge. The incident shown in the video is not recent nor is […]
Claim: Video circulating on social media allegedly shows Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and Bushra Bibi kissing. Fact: The claim is false as the video was created using artificial intelligence (AI). On 11 December 2024, a reel (archive) was posted on Facebook with the caption, ویڈیو لگانا میرا کام تھا اب وائرل کرنا […]
Claim: A video shows a huge crowd in London protesting against Pakistan’s Army Chief General Asim Munir during his recent visit to the United Kingdom. Fact: The claim is misleading because the video is from November 2024 and is actually from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) protest in Brescia, Italy. On 20 February 2025, an X account, […]
Claim: Sir Hamed Patel, a hard-line Muslim, will be in charge of the curriculum for British children. Fact: Sir Hamed Patel is the interim Chair for Ofsted until a replacement is found. He has no role in deciding what British children learn. On 14 March 2025, a user on X (formerly Twitter) posted an image […]
Claim: A video shows civilians passengers released by the BLA a few hours after the separatist militant group hijacked the Jaffar Express in March 2025. Fact: The clip predates the Jaffar Express hijacking. On 12 March 2025, X user @safarkhanb posted (archive) a video showing a group of people in a mountainous area with the […]
Claim: A video shows a BLA militant arrested alive by the Pakistan Army following an operation against the armed group after it hijacked the Jaffar Express in March 2025. Fact: The video in question appeared online as early as 6 March 2025, which predates the Jaffar Express hijacking. According to the ISPR’s statement, the Pakistan […]
Claim: Pakistan has the flag of Türkiye on its currency, gives free weapons to Azerbaijan, is the only country that does not recognise Israel and Armenia as states, and is the only Muslim country that supports all the Turkic nations. Fact: Pakistan has its own flag — not Türkiye’s — on its currency and there’s […]
Claim: A picture shows the dead bodies of the BLA militants who were killed in an operation by the Pakistan Army after the armed group targeted and hijacked Jaffar Express on 11 March 2025. Fact: The picture predates the Jaffar Express hijacking and likely shows the bodies of some of the men who were reportedly […]
Claim: A video clip shows four army helicopters heading to Bolan to counter BLA militants who had hijacked Jaffar Express on 11 March 2025. Fact: The video is old and unrelated to the Jaffar Express hijacking. It was posted as early as January 2025. On 11 March 2025, Facebook user ‘Toran Torani’ posted (archive) a […]
Claim: The Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi freed Imran Khan from jail. Fact: This claim is false. Khan has not been freed from jail. On 12 November 2024, a post on Facebook shared a video, claiming that the Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi had released former Prime Minister Imran Khan from […]
Claim: A video shows the Pakistani military’s operation against the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) after the hijacking of the Jaffar Express in Balochistan. Fact: The video has been on the internet since 2012 and shows an anti-Taliban military operation in Afghanistan, most likely conducted by the US. On 11 March 2025, the BLA […]
Claim: During a medical test, it was found that Dr Mahrang Baloch is transgender. Fact: There is no evidence to support the claim that Dr Mahrang Baloch is transgender. On 23 March, a day after Dr Mahrang Baloch’s arrest in Quetta, a post on X (formerly Twitter) claimed that she was transgender. […]
Claim: The video shows protesters in Quetta chanting slogans seeking independence from the Pakistani state. Fact: The video of protests is dubbed over. A Facebook user shared a video of the recent protests in Quetta, showing demonstrators chanting the following slogans [translated from Urdu]: “Let Punjab hear it, (independence) let Punjab hear it (independence), let […]
Claim: A viral video shows that a woman was physically assaulted by hospital staff in February 2025 at the Pirmahal THQ Hospital. Fact: The video is indeed from the Pirmahal THQ Hospital but the incident took place in October 2023. On 25 February 2025, a Facebook post shared a video of a woman being kicked […]
Claim: Babar Azam announced his retirement from international cricket. Fact: The claim is false. Azam has not announced his retirement from international cricket. On 26 February 2025, a post on Facebook shared a picture of former captain of the Pakistan cricket team Babar Azam, with embedded captions claiming he had retired from international […]
Claim: An image shows the Pakistani cricket team breaking their fast with the iftar laid out on a carpet amid the open cricket ground, during the third T20I match in Auckland. Fact: The picture is not authentic. While the team did break their fast during the third T20I match against New Zealand, the players […]
Claim: A video shows the New Zealand government’s anthem featuring the 99 names of God which was performed at the Abdala church. Fact: The claim is false. The video is from a concert held in May 2011, featuring a performance by the Fatih Sultan Mehmet Choir at the Hagia Irene Museum in Istanbul, Turkey. Social […]