Claim: Billionaire Elon Musk tweeted his support for Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan, praised his character, and that he was “surprised” to see the crowd at the Haqeeqi Azadi March.
Fact: The tweet is doctored. Elon Musk did not voice his support for Imran Khan, nor did he mention the Haqeeqi Azadi March in any of his Twitter posts.
On 1 November 2022, Twitter user @azimdarvesh posted an image featuring pictures of PTI chief Imran Khan and Elon Musk. The image also includes a tweet, seemingly posted by Musk, who is the CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, and, more recently, Twitter.
The tweet reads, “I Am Supporting Mr.Imran Khan Personality Life Not political life. He is Good Man For His Nation- I have been surprised to see the crowd of people In Mr.Imran Khan HAQIQI AZADI LONG March Yesterday.”
The image also contains the text, “What Twitter owner Elon Musk is saying about the former Prime Minister of Pakistan on Yesterday long march for true freedom.”
@azimdarvesh captioned the tweet as follows:
“We should thanks for to Almighty Allah because we have a great leader ❤️ 🇵🇰 Pls support @ImranKhanPTI for better Pakistan 🙏 @PTIofficial @OfficialDGISPR.”
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check searched Musk’s Twitter account but found no tweet mentioning either “haqiqi azadi” or “Imran Khan”.
We also did not find any such report in the latest news.
Virality
Soch Fact Check conducted a CrowdTangle analysis for the past 24-hour period from 31 October 2022 to 1 November using the search term, “Twitter Elon Musk Pakistan”.
The search turned up 47 Facebook posts and 17 Instagram posts with 6,276 and 58,492 interactions, respectively, but none of them contained the false reports.
We did, however, find the image here and here on Facebook and here and here on Twitter.
Conclusion: Elon Musk did not tweet his support for Imran Khan. The tweet is doctored.