Claim: A video circulating on Facebook allegedly shows a live caller insulting Prime Minister Imran Khan during a national live TV session hosted by Khan on 4 April 2022. Fact: The video is doctored. The original video features a live caller praising Imran Khan and approving of the prime minister’s handling of the current political […]
Claim: A Facebook user shared a video with the caption, “Salman Iqbal, ARY News CEO, apologises to President Asif Ali Zardari for doing fake propaganda against PPP.” Fact: The caption of the video is misleading as the clip in question does not contain any mention of Salman Iqbal, CEO of ARY News. The video is […]
Claim: A Facebook page shared a post about the load-shedding schedule released by the Ministry of Energy (Power Division), claiming there would be zero load-shedding during the whole month of Ramzan. Fact: The claim is misleading. During Ramzan, the zero load-shedding policy will apply only to select timings around Sehri, Iftar and Taraweeh prayers. On […]
Claim: Posts circulating online claim that, according to cell phone data traffic analysis shared by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA) officials, more than 0.6 million unique cell phone devices have connected with Islamabad’s BTS (Base Transceiver Station) access points. Unique devices mean mobile phones that are not usually connected with Islamabad’s towers and have “come from […]
Claim: A clip from the ARY News talk show ‘The Reporters’ was shared with an Urdu caption that translated into English reads as, “On the no-confidence motion, Saudi Arabia’s Prince Mohammed bin Salman conveyed a message to Pakistan’s ruling elite that if Imran Khan was removed, it would be to the detriment of the entire […]
Claim: Numerous accounts on Twitter and Facebook claimed that an aircraft belonging to the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) crashed in Mian Channu in March 2022. Fact: The claims are false. It has been confirmed by both Pakistani and Indian authorities that an unarmed supersonic missile accidentally launched by India landed in an area of Pakistan. […]
Claim: A Facebook page posted a video with the claim that it showed a mother grieving after her infant daughter was killed by her father in Mianwali in a case that has sparked national outrage. Fact: The claim is false and misleading. The video, in fact, shows a woman crying after allegedly being harassed while […]
Claim: A Facebook page posted a video with a headline that translated into English read, “How Islam and Pakistan were defamed in the name of Aurat March.” The video appears to depict a reporter trying to interview people but being barred from doing so by Aurat March organisers. Text on the cover image of the […]
Claim: Several “live” videos of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine have been shared by Facebook pages from around the world. The videos show fighter planes shooting at Ukrainian buildings at night and Ukrainian machines on the ground hitting back with their own firepower. Fact: The video clips are in fact snippets of gameplay from the open-world, […]
Claim: A grieving father is seen crying in a video after losing his only son in the March 2022 bomb blast that targeted a Shia mosque in Peshawar. Fact: The video is, in fact, from January 2021 and depicts a man crying after losing his son Ather Mushtaq in Indian administered Kashmir. The video is […]
Claim: Pakistan has imposed economic sanctions on Russia joining other countries sanctioning the country after its invasion of Ukraine. Fact: The claim is false as no statement suggesting Pakistan has – or will – impose sanctions on Russia has been issued by Prime Minister Imran Khan. The news was published by a satire site but […]
Claim: An 8-year Ukrainian girl confronts a Russian soldier telling him to go back to his country. Fact: The girl in the videos and photos is not Ukrainian, she is Palestinian citizen Ahed Tamimi who confronted an Israeli soldier in 2012 after her brother was arrested. Fact or Fiction On 27 February 2022, in light […]