Anisa Shabir

Anisa Shabir is a fact-checker at Soch Fact Check. She was previously an investigative reporter at the Arizona State University’s Howard Center for Investigative Journalism. She has been recognized for best community service project/reporting in the 2023 EPPY Awards and won the A-Mark Prize for Reporting on Misinformation and Disinformation. Her work has been featured in the Associated Press, Arizona Center for Investigative Reporting (AZCIR), Cronkite News, and Dawn. She holds an MA in investigative journalism from Cronkite School on the Fulbright Scholarship Award.

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Mar 28, 2024
Pakistan, Politics, Religion
Shehbaz Sharif did not announce Pakistan’s own Citizenship Amendment Act
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Claim: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif posted on X (formerly Twitter) that Pakistan would stipulate its own Citizenship Amendment Act to grant citizenship to persecuted Indian Muslims. This comes in response to India’s CAA, which is “undemocratic and communal,” says his post. Fact: The screenshot appears to be doctored. Shehbaz Sharif has not made any such […]

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Mar 28, 2024
Conflict
Image showing New Kabul Bank suicide bombing is misleading
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Claim: An image on social media shows a mushroom-shaped smoke rising from the New Kabul Bank suicide blast in Kandahar on 21 March 2024. Fact: The picture is misleading. It shows the smoke cloud rising from a May 2018 blast in Kandahar when Afghan security forces accidentally detonated explosives while trying to defuse them. On […]

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