Claim: A video shows Mohsin Naqvi crying during a press conference. Fact: The video is doctored; the interior minister did not break down in tears during the press conference. A video (archive) shared on Facebook shows Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi crying during a press conference. The video includes the following text, “جو خود کو وقت […]
Claim: A viral video shows people chanting slogans against Qazi Faez Isa during a flight. Fact: The audio in the video is dubbed over footage of the former Chief Justice aboard a flight. A video (archive) shared from the Facebook account PTI Islamabad shows Qazi Faez Isa on a plane with the text, “ایسا کرنا […]
Claim: Donald Trump plans to invite Imran Khan along with his family to his inauguration ceremony on 20 January. Fact: This claim is false. Trump has neither extended any invitations to the jailed former Pakistani Prime Minister nor has he made any statements about plans to invite him. PTI’s digital strategist also told Soch Fact […]
Claim: Maryam Ikram was involved in the 9 May 2023 riots, after which she was included in PML-N’s central leadership. Fact: Ikram is not part of PML-N’s central leadership. Additionally, the picture cited in the claim was shared on Facebook as early as October 2022, disproving any connection to the 9 May riots. Ikram, a […]
Claim: Pakistani actor and director Hamza Ali Abbasi, revealed that everyone in PTI is homosexual during a television interview. Fact: The actor made no such statement. The viral clip has been edited to misrepresent the context of his remarks. In the unedited version, he addressed the nature of the allegations made against him and Imran […]
Claim: A video shows two instances in which a young Imran Khan is seen kissing women in a social setting. Fact: The video includes clips that are digitally manipulated. In one of the two clips, an image of Imran Khan with former British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was used as a base to fabricate the footage. […]
Claim: Ali Amin Gandapur accused Bushra Bibi of corruption and collecting extortion money in Peshawar. Fact: The Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa did not accuse Bushra Bibi of corruption. The viral video was shared out of context from a longer recording, which shows Gandapur condemning wives who do not question their husbands about the source […]
Claim 1: Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad died in a plane crash. Claim 2: A video shows the ousted president’s plane engulfed in flames after a crash. Fact 1: Assad did not die in a plane crash. Instead, he was granted asylum in Russia, along with his family, on humanitarian grounds, news reports confirmed on […]
Claim: A doctor displayed anger and frustration at the government after witnessing casualties from the recent PTI protest at D-Chowk. Fact: The video is from 2021 and shows the doctor criticising Imran Khan and the PTI government at the time following a TLP protest.It is not related to the recent PTI protest at D-Chowk. On […]
Claim: A video shows Nawaz Sharif belittling Khawaja Asif during a press conference. Fact: Nawaz Sharif did not mock Khawaja Asif or the recent attempt of an attack on him. The posts show only a part of his statement from a longer recording of a press conference, and share it in a false context. In […]
Claim: A video circulating online shows US President Donald Trump speaking in Urdu, pledging to act against the Pakistan Democratic Movement. Fact: The video is doctored. Deepware and audio analyses revealed manipulated audio frequencies and deepfake characteristics. Following Trump’s victory in the 2024 US Presidential election, X user @Tabii_DxB shared a clip (archive) of Trump […]
Claim: A video shows PTI protesters swimming across a river to reach Islamabad amid road blockades. Fact: The video was first shared online on 1 September 2023, disproving the claim that PTI protesters swam across a river to attend the 24 November 2024 protest at D-Chowk. On 25 November, the Instagram account Dialogue Pakistan, which […]