Sameen Aziz

Sameen Aziz is a senior fact-checker at Soch Fact Check. She is also part of the training network by the Asian American Journalists Association (AAJA-Asia) and Google News Initiative for digital investigations and media literacy program, providing trainings to students and journalists in Pakistan. Her work has been featured in Forbes, Salzburg Global, and Lok Sujag. Sameen holds a master's degree in media and communication studies from International Islamic University, Islamabad, with research on media framing and misinformation around COVID-19, and a bachelor's degree in mass communication from G.C. University, Faisalabad.

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Claim: Social media posts claimed that a woman who allegedly assaulted an air hostess of Serene Airways is the daughter of Quetta’s ex-commissioner.  Fact: The claim is false. Our investigation suggests that the woman’s father did not hold any such position and they are unrelated to any political or bureaucratic background. According to Jogezai’s relative, […]

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Claim: A video on social media shows hostages taken by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) after the militant group hijacked the Jaffar Express in Balochistan.  Fact: The claim is misleading because the video is not from March 2025. It was available on the internet as early as December 2024 and is not related to the […]

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Claim: According to a post on social media Donald Trump’s expression while hearing the Muslim “call to prayer” at the national prayer service surprised everyone.   Fact: The caption is misleading as the video itself does not show anything of the sort. During the national prayer service, Trump did not make any statement or expressions […]

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Claim: A video on social media shows the poor state of Services Hospital in Lahore under the leadership of Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz.  Fact: The claim is misleading as the video is from July 2023 when the interim government was in charge. The incident shown in the video is not recent nor is […]

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Claim: Video circulating on social media allegedly shows Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur and Bushra Bibi kissing.  Fact: The claim is false as the video was created using artificial intelligence (AI). On 11 December 2024, a reel (archive) was posted on Facebook with the caption, ویڈیو لگانا میرا کام تھا اب وائرل کرنا […]

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Claim: A video shows a huge crowd in London protesting against Pakistan’s Army Chief General Asim Munir during his recent visit to the United Kingdom.  Fact: The claim is misleading because the video is from November 2024 and is actually from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) protest in Brescia, Italy. On 20 February 2025, an X account, […]

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Claim: A viral video on social media shows an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on Jaffar Express in Balochistan by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA). Fact: The video is old and unrelated to the attack carried out on Jaffar Express on 11 March 2025. It is actually from January 2022 when the BLA similarly attacked […]

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Claim: Hamid Mir revealed that Imran Khan recently slapped a colonel in Adiala jail. Fact: The claim is false as no such statement was made by the journalist or reported in the media. Hamid Mir refuted the claim as well. On 26 January 2025, a Facebook user posted an image of an army officer with […]

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Claim: A video shows a large group of people sleeping in an open ground after losing their homes in the Los Angeles wildfires.  Fact: The claim is false because the video is from 2023 and shows people, who attended the “ World Youth Day” in Lisbon, Portugal,  sleeping in Tejo Park. On 24 January 2025, […]

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Claim: A series of images shows the wildfire in Los Angeles. Fact: The post is false as the footage is AI-generated and does not show real visuals from the incident. On 12 January 2025, a user on Threads posted a series of images with the caption: “Why isn’t this contained yet? It’s now coming up […]

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Claim: A video shows a Pakistan Air Force helicopter shot down by the Afghan Taliban along the disputed Durand line. Fact: The claim is false as the video is from September 2023 and shows a Pakistan Navy helicopter crashing due to a mechanical fault.  On 28 December 2024, a user on X (formerly Twitter) posted […]

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Claim: A video shows children falling sick in school after receiving polio vaccination in the Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.  Fact: The claim is false as these children did not receive the polio vaccine. The video is from the November 2024 deworming campaign in which students fell sick in a school in Jamrud after allegedly […]

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