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Claim: PML-N Punjab’s president and former minister, Rana Sanaullah has said that, “I am Imran Khan’s dog, I am Imran Khan’s Mirasi”.  Fact: A part of Rana Sanaullah’s statement from an interview has been quoted without context and misrepresented.  While questioning the credibility of an analyst and political commentator without naming him, Sanaullah questions why […]

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Claim: According to a screenshot of a Geo News bulletin, PTI founder, Imran Khan has said that JUI-F chief, Maulana Fazlur Rehman is a good person and that he was incited against Rehman by General Faiz and Bajwa. Fact: The screenshot of Imran Khan’s statement is doctored. Geo News never reported any such statement. Elections […]

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Claim: PTI’s founder Imran Khan has been shifted from Adiala Jail, Rawalpindi to his residence in Islamabad, Bani Gala.  Fact: Imran Khan is currently imprisoned in Adiala Jail. His lawyer Intazar Hussain Panjutha has confirmed that Khan has not been shifted to Bani Gala. Imran Khan’s imprisonment Just a week before the election, Khan was […]

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Claim: A video shows PTI’s chairman Barrister Gohar Ali Khan and talk show host, Maleeha Hashmey being affectionate at the Islamabad High Court building.  Fact: The video is from India where a former government official can be seen kissing a woman at a court building.  Barrister Gohar Gohar was elected as the new chairman of […]

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Claim: A video shows that Imran Khan decided against standing up for Benjamin Netanyahu as he entered the room at an international summit. Fact: Netanyahu never attended the SCO CHS meeting, which took place in Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan, in June 2019, since Israel is not a part of the organisation. The claim that Khan did not […]

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Claim: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independent candidate, Meher Bano Qureshi emerged victorious from NA-151 Multan IV, defeating Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Ali Musa Gillani after a recount of votes.  Fact: As per Form 49 dated 10 February 2024, Ali Musa Gillani was declared the winner. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued a notification of his […]

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Claim: Sher Afzal Marwat supports the call for a boycott of the 2024 general elections in Pakistan. Fact: The video of Sher Afzal Marwat is doctored using artificial intelligence (AI). In the original video that was used as a source of the deepfake, Marwat asked people to vote for the PTI’s National Assembly candidate from […]

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Claim: Imran Khan has been nominated as a candidate for the post of Chancellor at the University of Oxford. Fact: Imran Khan has not been nominated for the post. In fact, the University of Oxford has not even issued an official list since nominations have not yet opened, nor announced a process and timetable for […]

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Claim: PTI lawyer Advocate Naeem Haider Panjutha called for a boycott of the 2024 general elections in a newly-issued video statement. Fact: The audio of the clip is seemingly altered, with remarks that Panjutha did not make. In the original video, which was posted on 31 December 2023 and is over five minutes long, he […]

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Claim: Former finance minister for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Taimur Saleem Khan Jaghra was shot and shifted to a hospital. Fact: The claim is false, as Jaghra himself confirmed in a post on his X account confirming that he is fine and that the news on social media is fake. Elections 2024 Pakistan’s general elections were held […]

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Claim: In 2018, when Ali Musa Gillani contested elections against Zain Qureshi in NA 157, a recount was demanded due to a 4,000-vote margin, and more than 18,000 votes were rejected at the time. Fact: The actual number of rejected votes was 4,233 as per Form 47 while the margin of victory stood at 6,541. […]

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Claim: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has issued a letter congratulating Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Ali Amin Gandapur for being nominated as the candidate for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) chief minister. Fact: The letter circulating on social media is fake. The TTP did not issue any such letter. Elections 2024 According to the results issued by the ECP, independent […]

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