Claim: A video shows Punjab’s Education Minister Rana Sikander Hayat assaulting a couple following the alleged incident of a student’s sexual assault at a private college in Lahore. Fact: The claim is false as the video does not show Rana Sikander Hayat. The individual in the video can be identified as Usman Mirza, who assaulted […]
Claim: A video shows a Palestinian child trapped under rubble after Israel’s attack. Fact: The claim is misleading as the video is from Syria, not Palestine. It actually shows a child playing in her home, peeking through a hole in the wall and not stuck under the rubble. On 26 October 2024, an X (formerly […]
Claim: An image of a man wearing a PTI scarf and holding a weapon shows a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) protester marching towards D-Chowk from the ongoing demonstrations in Islamabad. Fact: The claim is false. The image, which actually shows a protest in Peshawar, is a decade old, first appearing online in 2013. It has been […]
Claim: JUI-F’s member Maulana Asad Mehmood has been nominated for the post of Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and current Governor Faisal Kundi has been dismissed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Fact: The claim is false. Faisal Kundi is still the Governor of KP, and JUI-F’s media cell has also refuted the claim. On 21 October […]
Claim: Video shows Hezbollah’s attack on a petrochemical plant in the south of Haifa, Israel. Fact: The claim is false as the video appeared in September 2024. It shows an Israeli airstrike in Yemen following the bombing of Lebanon. On 27 October 2024, an account on X (formerly Twitter) posted a video (archive) with the […]
Claim: PTI leader Hammad Azhar said that the health of former Governor of Punjab, Omar Sarfaraz Cheema is declining and he is currently hospitalised in jail. Fact: The claim is false as Hammad Azhar did not make such a statement. He refuted the news on X. Moreover, PTI’s lawyer Advocate Salman Shahid also debunked the […]
Claim: An image shows several dead bodies of Afghan refugees in white shrouds who were killed by Iranian border forces on 15 October in Saravan, an area in the Sistan-Baluchistan province of Iran. Fact: The claim is misleading as the image predates the incident on the Iran-Afghan border by a few days. Evidence suggests that […]
Claim: Video shows a feud between worshippers from two different sects at a mosque in Pakistan. Fact: The claim is misleading because the video is not from Pakistan but Bangladesh. On 22 September 2024, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Maryland branch president, Waqar Khan shared a video with the caption, اس ہفتے پاکستان میں 3 لوگ کو توہین […]
Claim: A video claims to show US television host and comedian Trevor Noah criticising the Pakistani army in an episode of The Daily Show. Fact: The claim is false as the video, which is from an old episode of The Daily Show from 2015, is not about Pakistan. The comedic skit was a criticism of […]
Claim: A picture shows Arshad Nadeem’s wife wearing a sleeveless dress after his victory at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Fact: The claim is false as the woman in the picture is not Nadeem’s wife but a Lahore-based journalist, Ambreen Fatima. The false claim can spread misogyny and be harmful for the safety of women. On […]
Claim: A picture shows Cristiano Ronaldo showing support for Imran Khan by wearing a shirt with the former prime minister’s picture on it. Fact: The picture is doctored. The original image shows a plain white shirt. It was digitally altered to paste Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s picture. On 27 August 2024, a Facebook […]
Claim: A video shows Ali Amin Gandapur, Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and a senior leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), apologising for the violent protests that erupted on 9 May 2023 following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Fact: The video is misleading as it was altered to give a false impression. […]