Claim: A video shared on social media sites allegedly depicts a Hindu mob beating Muslims in India in 2022. Fact: The claim is false and misleading. The video is actually from 2020 and shows an incident involving the mob lynching of a man falsely accused of kidnapping a child in India’s Madyah Pardesh province. On […]
Claim: English cricketer Moeen Ali tweeted that he will not play any match in India and will also boycott the Indian Premier League (IPL) if India does not apologise for recent anti-Islam remarks by BJP leaders. Fact: The tweet has been wrongly attributed to Ali. The Twitter user responsible for the tweet appears to have […]
Claim: A video posted on Facebook allegedly depicts Interior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb crying during the recent May 2022 Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) rally in Bahawalpur after members of the public called her a thief. Fact: The video is not from the May 2022 Bahawalpur rally organized by the PML-N. The video is from 2018 and […]
Claim: According to posts circulating online, the Government of Pakistan might freeze Roshan Digital Accounts (RDAs) — which are frequently used by Pakistanis abroad to send foreign remittances and investments to Pakistan — as it imposes an economic emergency in Pakistan. Fact: The government is not planning on freezing RDAs, as has been clarified by […]
Claim: An image shared on Facebook depicts people in Srinagar protesting against the recent imprisonment of Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik. Fact: The image in question is not from a protest in Srinagar. The image is, in fact, from a 2018 protest in the United States of America. On 5 June 2022, Soch Fact Check […]
Claim: An image shared on Twitter by retired Indian Major General Harsha Kakar allegedly shows that India’s tallest flag, situated at the India-Pakistan Wagah-Attari border, can be seen from a Lahore market. Fact: The claim is false. The image in question appears to have been taken from near the Wagah border, not from a market […]
Claim: A video on social media claims that the Station House Officer (SHO) of Kohsar police station in Islamabad resigned from his position during the PTI protests last week. According to the video, the officer in question stated that he could not perform his duties as he is former PM Imran Khan’s “soldier” and “must […]
Claim: An image of a large crowd of people gathered at a venue at night allegedly depicts a recent rally held by former Prime Minister Imran Khan and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers in Sialkot. Fact: The image is not from PTI’s rally but rather from a March 2022 election rally in the Philippines. On 14 […]
Claim: An image of a man wearing a PTI scarf and holding a weapon at what appears to be a political gathering is being shared on social media with a caption imploring people not to bring weapons to political rallies. The image began to circulate on 25 May 2022, after PTI workers and supporters began […]
Claim: Social media posts claim that on the occasion of Eid-ul-Fitr, which was celebrated in Pakistan from 3-5 May 2022, the government increased the monthly cash disbursement payable to eligible families under the Ehsaas Kafalat program from PKR 14,000 to PKR 36,000. Fact: The claim is false. The government has not issued an announcement relating […]
Claim: A tweet attributed to American security analyst Rebecca L Grant states that America intervened in Pakistan’s internal politics “for remaining neutral” in the Ukraine-Russia conflict. The tweet also claims that Grant has proof to back up her claims and that Pakistani journalists are not telling the truth about the regime change in Pakistan. Fact: […]
Claim: A Facebook video shows Imran Khan bowing down to a man. A slowed-down version of the video is being shared with a caption that claims Khan only bows before Jewish people. Fact: The video has been slowed down and is misleading. Imran Khan did not bow before a Jewish person as claimed in the […]