Claim: Hina Pervaiz Butt claimed that prominent journalist and co-founder of the media company Zeteo, Mehdi Hasan, was paid to publish PTI founder Imran Khan’s interview. Fact: The claim is false. The word “paid”, visible in the image of the article shared by Hina Pervaiz Butt, shows that the full interview is only accessible to […]
Claim: A video on social media shows protests in the Muzaffarabad area of Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Fact: The video was taken in India in April 2024 during an election rally led by the General Secretary of the National Indian Congress, Priyanka Gandhi. On 12 May 2024, PTI supporter and influencer, Tayyaba Raja, reshared a video (archive) […]
Claim: A video on social media shows the late Iranian President, Ebrahim Raisi’s chopper was shot down. Fact: The claim is false as the original video is from 2016, and shows a Turkish military helicopter shot down by Kurdish militants. On 21 May 2024, a Facebook user posted a video with the caption, ایران کے […]
Claim: A viral video shows night vision helicopters deployed by Turkey in search of Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi. Fact: The post is misleading. The video is actually from 2012 and portrays a US military drill. On 20 May 2024, a verified account with the name Sulaiman Ahmad posted a video on X (formerly Twitter) with […]
Claim: A video on social media shows Afghan forces shooting down a Pakistan Army helicopter. Fact: The claim is false because the video shows Kurdish militants shooting at a Turkish helicopter in 2016. On 15 May 2024, a user on X (formerly Twitter) posted a video with the caption, “Afghan forces shot down Pakistan Army […]
Claim: A video on X shows the District Municipal Corporation (DMC) administrator and his team falling into Karachi’s Gujjar Nullah while cleaning the area. Fact: The claim is false as the video is not from Karachi but from India and shows the then Mayor of Panaji Surendra Furtado, along with others, as their boat capsized […]
Claim: A video on social media shows a 9-year-old Hindu girl, Reshma, who was forcibly abducted and taken to a Sufi shrine, where she was converted to Islam and married to a 45-year-old Muslim man from Jacobabad named Wazir Hussain. Fact: The claim is false as the video is from 2019 and shows a girl […]
Claim: A social media video shows PML-N member Khawaja Saad Rafique making a statement against PM Shehbaz Sharif. Fact: Rafique did not make a statement against Shehbaz Sharif in a recent press conference. The original clip is from 2022. It has been doctored to include Shehbaz Sharif’s name, whereas it shows Khawaja Saad Rafique taunting […]
Claim: Video shows Iran destroying Israel’s fighter jet F-35 in a retaliatory attack. Fact: The claim is false because the footage is from the video game, Arma 3, and there is no credible evidence of Iran destroying the F-35 jet in the Isfahan strikes. On 19 April 2024, a user on X (formerly Twitter) posted […]
Claim: A video on social media shows a Pakistani man called Asif Zardari, praising Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and asking Indian Muslims to support him. Fact: The claim is false as it is a staged video by an Indian “artist”, Dhirendra Raghav from Agra, who role-plays as multiple political figures in his videos, possibly […]
Claim: A video shows explosions and fire after Iran attacked Israel in April 2024. Fact: The video has nothing to do with Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel. It is from March 2024 and shows a Ukrainian attack on two Russian vessels amid the ongoing war. On 15 April 2024, Threads user @rehan_khan_x posted a video […]
Claim: A video shows Israeli citizens panicking and fleeing in Tel Aviv after Iran’s recent attack. Fact: The claim is false as the video does not show Tel Aviv or the Israeli public. It shows hordes of fans of the singer and songwriter Louis Tomlinson crowding the area outside the Four Seasons Hotel in Argentina […]