Claim: Aseefa Bhutto Zardari said that Imran Khan’s life is in danger, and he should be provided with proper medical care. Fact: Aseefa Bhutto Zardari did not say Imran Khan’s life is in danger, nor did she say that medical care should be provided to Khan. On 28 November 2024, a Facebook post […]
Claim: 50% of Muslims and 70% of Pakistanis in the UK are inbred, and the majority of disabled children in the UK are born to Muslim parents. Fact: There is no publicly available data on the proportion of Muslims and Pakistanis that are “inbred” or were a result of a consanguineous marriage. Data on […]
Claim: A study shows that street vendors in Pakistan earn more than people with ‘regular jobs’. Fact: The claim is false as the study it refers to does not make any comparison between the income of street vendors and that of people with more regulated or formal employment. Between 21 and 24 October […]
Claim: Pictures show Jennifer Lopez wearing a sacred sword during a performance at Riyadh Season 2024. Fact: The pictures do not show Jennifer Lopez at Riyadh Season 2024. They show Palestinian-Chilean singer Elyanna performing at a concert in New York. On 15 and 16 November 2024, a number of users on Facebook, Instagram, […]
Claim: A video shows a woman yelling at Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz in Switzerland. Fact: The woman’s voice was superimposed onto the footage and the audio is not original. In fact, in the original video, we can hear the pedestrians praising the Sharifs. On 9 November 2024, a video of Nawaz Sharif […]
Claim: A picture shows a sea of containers that were put in place ahead of the PTI’s November march, blocking a road in Islamabad. Fact: The picture is doctored and does not accurately represent the security arrangements and blockades that were put in place ahead of the PTI’s march. A photo showing a sea […]
Claim: A video shows PTI supporters from the recent protests in Islamabad sleeping on the capital’s roads. Fact: The first part of the video shows Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) members in Rawalpindi, and the second part shows Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) protesters in Faizabad. The city of Islamabad was on lockdown since 24 November 2024 in […]
Claim: A video from Pakistan shows a woman from a religious minority being forcefully converted to Islam. Fact: The video is from Bangladesh, but the details of the incident and its context are still unclear. By conducting a reverse image search of the video’s keyframes and a keyword search on multiple social media […]
Claim: A study shows that street vendors in Pakistan earn more than people with ‘regular jobs’. Fact: The claim is false as the study it refers to does not make any comparison between the income of street vendors and that of people with more regulated or formal employment. Between 21 and 24 October […]
Claim: Two pictures show a plane landing in Beirut during an Israeli airstrike near the airport. Fact: These images are AI generated and, hence, fake. On 21 October 2024, X user @s_m_marandi posted images of planes apparently landing on a runway with an explosion in the background. According to the post, the picture showed Beirut […]
Claim: Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz laid the foundation stone for Pakistan’s first government-run school catering to children with autism. Fact: This school catering to children with autism is the first one to be launched in Punjab, not Pakistan. Between 4 and 5 October 2024, a number of news sources including The Express Tribune, […]
Claim: A video shows destruction in Israel after the recent missile attack by Iran. Fact: The first 14 seconds of the video are unrelated, and actually show a football-related celebration in Algeria from September 2023. However, the rest of the clip shows Iranian missiles landing in Israel on 1 October 2024. On 2 October 2024, […]