Claim: Bayer Pharmaceuticals has announced they will halt operations in Pakistan, and company assets have been sold to another business. The news was shared by X (formerly Twitter) user (@asadnasir2000) and he cited a Daily Times article titled, “Bayer pharmaceutical company announces closing business in Pakistan,” as a source. Fact: The tweet and the article […]
Claim: According to the Constitution, if the president doesn’t sign a draft bill or return it with his observations or objections within ten days after it has already been through the National Assembly and the Senate, it will become law. Fact: According to the Constitution, if the president doesn’t sign a draft bill or return […]
Claim: PTI Chairman Imran Khan told the media that he apologises to the nation for the cypher conspiracy case. ARY News reported that he had been misled by other members of the party in this case. Fact: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s media strategist Imran Ghazali rejected the claim; he confirmed that the statement is fake statement and […]
Claim: A viral Whatsapp forward message claims that the government has passed a bill which will result in government employees receiving pensions according to their basic salary when they were recruited, instead of their last salary slip. Fact: No bill has been passed or proposed by the government that would result in a significant decrease […]
Claim: The rate of the US dollar against the Pakistani rupee (USD-PKR) fell by 18 to 20 rupees in the open market in July 2023. Fact: This claim is false. The USD-PKR rate fell by 12 rupees in the interbank market and 10.7 rupees in the open market between 3 July and 8 July 2023, […]
Claim: All construction work has been halted at the Shaukat Khanum Karachi building, and its intended inauguration for 14 August 2023 has now been postponed. Fact: The video is out of context; Dr Faisal Sultan has publicly rejected this claim. A video of a building under construction went viral online on 27 June 2023. The […]
Claim: President Arif Alvi took a delegation of 52 people, including his relatives, on a Hajj that the Pakistan government paid for with taxpayer money. Fact: The press secretary to the President confirmed that only seven members of Arif Alvi’s family were a part of this delegation and that the president paid himself for all […]
Claim: Imran Khan said that you can’t take his name on television because that would mean stripping Asim Munir’s father. Fact: Imran Khan did not make a statement about COAS Asim Munir’s father On 1 June 2023, a video went viral on Twitter, claiming that Imran Khan made a derogatory comment about Chief of the […]
Claim: The Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution says the accused’s statement cannot be used against them in court, and they are allowed to change their statements. Fact: The Fifth Amendment of the US Constitution does not say that the accused’s statement cannot be used against them in court, nor does it allow them to […]
Claim: Pakistan has banned women from going overseas on labour visas, preventing women from working in nursing, teaching, and hospitality through legal work permits. Fact: Pakistan has not banned women from going overseas on labour visas. According to the Pakistan Bureau of Emigration and Overseas Employment (BE&OE), between 1971 and 2019, 40,807 Pakistani registered female […]
Claim: A viral video posted on Instagram and Facebook claims the people from Hunza never get cancer, the average age among them used to be 160, apricot seeds can prevent cancer,, and that their broken bones heal in days, and they don’t get wrinkles. Fact: The video is full of false and misleading claims that […]
Claim: Two clips allegedly show journalist Imran Riaz Khan being welcomed by a crowd after he is found, with a voice-over narration claiming missing journalist Imran Riaz Khan was found on 30 July 2023, and after his release from alleged illegal detainment by the country’s authorities, former first lady Bushra Bibi gave him a grand […]