Claim: A mob of masked migrants attacked a hospital in Birmingham, UK, armed with axes and blades. Fact: This image was AI-generated, and West Midlands Police in Birmingham confirmed there were no attacks in the area. On 17 February 2025, a user on X (Twitter) posted an image (archive) of men wielding axes, breaking […]
Claim: During a recent interview, former Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa claimed that hidden powers influenced anti-PTI verdicts and his role was limited. Fact: The claim is false as the audio in the video is doctored. The actual interview dates back to October 2022, before Qazi Faez Isa became Chief Justice, and he did not […]
Claim: A video shows two men and their motorcycle being dragged under a dumper truck’s front tyres for a few hundred metres after it hit them and tried to speed away in Karachi. Fact: The video is from India, not Pakistan. The accident took place on 23 December 2024 in Agra and the dumper truck […]
Claim: Geo News reported that Qayamat has been postponed. Fact: Geo News actually broadcast a video report about an update to the Doomsday Clock, which symbolically indicates the time left until a mass extinction event is caused by manmade technologies. The Clock does not actually make predictions but emphasises the dangers that need to be […]
Claim: A video shows a man accusing soldiers of the Pakistan Army of assaulting his daughter. Fact: The claim is false. The video shows a political activist from Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Ghazi Shehzad, recounting a story he heard from a fellow inmate while imprisoned at Central Jail Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir. The alleged perpetrators […]
Claim: An image shows former Pakistani military chief Gen (r) Qamar Javed Bajwa in a swimming pool posing alongside a woman wearing a swimsuit. Fact: The original image does not show Bajwa. The photo actually features Indian actress Shefali Jariwala and her father, Satish, and was posted by her on social media in February of […]
Claim: A vehicle riddled with bullets is evidence of state authorities’ firing on the PTI protesters during the November 2024 demonstrations in Islamabad, according to a viral video. Fact: The video has no connection to the PTI protest. It actually shows the aftermath of an attack by the militant group BLA on private security guards […]
Claim: A picture of multiple shrouded dead bodies in an ambulance shows PTI protesters killed by Pakistani authorities during the November 2024 unrest. Fact: The photo has no connection to the PTI’s protest; it is, in fact, from Palestine and surfaced as early as 1 November 2024, over three weeks before the Islamabad demonstration. On […]
Claim: Visuals show the aftermath of an operation by authorities against protesters of the PTI in Islamabad. Four of these images show bloodied roads, while the other two likely resemble scenes of a bombing. Fact: All six images are AI-generated, as identified by multiple tell-tale markers. The visuals in question also do not accurately show […]
Claim: Protesters tear down Ayatollah Ali Khamenei posters after his alleged death. Fact: The viral video is from protests in 2022 after the death of Mahsa Amini at the hands of Iran’s morality police (Gasht-e Ershad) On 18 November 2024, a user on X posted a video (archive) of Iranian protesters scaling a building and […]
Claim: Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Khamenei is in a coma and close to death. Some speculate that he has died. Fact: Iran has denied these reports and stated that the Ayatollah has not been ill recently nor has he passed away. On 16th November 2024, a user on X (formerly Twitter) posted an image (archive) […]
Claim: The PTI’s protest in November 2024 was the “largest march in Pakistan’s history”, according to international media outlets, especially Al Jazeera. Fact: The caption is misleading and the accompanying video does not make any such claim. In the clip from Al Jazeera’s “Inside Story,” host Bernard Smith does not claim that the PTI held […]