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: A video on social media shows APTMA patron-in-chief Dr Gohar Ejaz asking Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to help and save the textile industry. Fact: The claim is false because the video is not from 2023. The video was shared as early as 2017 and has been making rounds on social media ever since. On […]

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Claim: A social media video shows the scene of a bus accident taking Umrah pilgrims to Makkah in Saudi Arabia. Fact: The video is misleading. The incident occurred, but the video is from 2017, when an oil tanker caught fire in the Aqaba Shaar area of Saudi Arabia. On 28 March 2023, a Facebook user […]

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Claim: A social media image shows worshippers with their hands cuffed behind their backs and laying the ground after Israeli forces stormed the Al-Aqsa mosque. Fact: The claim is misleading as the image is not from 2023, but from 2022 when Israeli forces attacked people in the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound during Ramazan. On 5 April […]

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Claim: A social media post of a news clipping from a newspaper states that 21 Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) candidates returned their party tickets before the election. Fact: The claim is false as the news clipping is not from 2023. The news was published in the Urdu daily newspaper Khabrain during the 2018 general […]

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Claim: An image shows a library full of books made of glass at a Swiss bus station. Fact: The photo doing the rounds on social media is not real; it was generated by the Artificial Intelligence (AI) art tool Midjourney by Ulises AI. On 16 April 2023, a Facebook user shared an image of a […]

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Claim: A Twitter post claims that it shows Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman greeting Nawaz Sharif at the airport. Fact: The claim is false. The picture is from 2016, when Sharif was prime minister and attended the North Thunder Exercise, a joint venture of Pakistan and Saudi Arabia military forces. On 11 April […]

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Claim: Pakistani-American actress and model Saeeda Imtiaz died. Fact: Imtiaz has not died. Her Instagram and Facebook accounts were hacked, and false news about her death went viral. Fact or Fiction? On 18 April 2023, Pakistani actress Saeeda Imtiaz’s verified Facebook and Instagram accounts shared news claiming that Imtiaz had passed away. The post reads, […]

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Claim: Ansar Abbasi said the hike in petrol prices is a great decision and the public will now perform religious prayers instead of roaming in markets. Fact: The claim originated from a satirical tweet, which was eventually disseminated as real news. On 16 April 2023, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member Shehbaz Gill retweeted a statement attributed […]

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Fact: A video on social media claims that it shows the deadly shipwreck off Libya, which killed 28 Pakistani boys. Claim: The claim is false. The video does not show the shipwreck but a US guard rescuing a boat on the coast of Oregon, Pacific Northwest America. On 27 February 2023, a Facebook video was […]

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Claim: An image shared on social media shows a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) public gathering at Lahore’s Minar-e-Pakistan on 25 March 2023 Fact: The claim is false. The image dates back to September 2014 when PTI organized their “Azadi March” at the Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore. On 26 March 2023, a Twitter account posted an image with […]

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Claim: A video shows a large public rally in Lahore during Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) election campaign for the Punjab elections in March 2023. Fact: The clip is old and does not show the PTI election rally in Lahore. It is from Imran Khan’s “Azadi March”  back in November 2022 when he entered the city of […]

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Claim: A Twitter image shows a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) worker hanging out the window of a van with a weapon in his hand during the recent rally on 8 March in Lahore. Fact: The claim is false. The image is doctored; the man pictured is not holding a weapon. Moreover, the picture is from a […]

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