Claim: A man in Faisalabad took his clothes off to protest the increasing prices of electricity across the country. Fact: The photos are from 2017. News reports from that time did not link the man’s action to rising electricity prices. On 5 July 2024, Dr Shahbaz Gill — an aide to former prime minister and […]
Claim: Jibran Nasir, civil rights activist and lawyer was beaten and arrested recently by South police on the instructions of Justice Faisal Kamal of Sindh High Court. Fact: On 2 July 2018, Jibran Nasir was temporarily detained following an incident in which he allegedly refused to give way to the convoy of Sindh High Court […]
Claim: An interim statement by the Commonwealth Observers Group, published on 10 February 2024, characterised the Pakistani general election held on 8 February 2024 as “generally managed efficiently” in “a largely peaceful environment”.
Claim: Fiverr has been banned in Pakistan. Fact: Fiverr has not been banned, nor has it suspended its services in Pakistan. The platform briefly flagged some Pakistani freelancers’ accounts in August 2024, owing to the ongoing Internet slowdown, but a company spokesperson has confirmed that most of them “have now returned to normal”. On 15 […]
Claim: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants beheaded a Shia citizen in Parachinar. Fact: The video of a man being beheaded appeared on X on 12 May 2024, with some claims suggesting that it originated from Afghanistan. It has been shared in different contexts since. On 29 July 2024, a user on X posted a video (archive) […]
Claim: A video shows Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari kissing a man. Fact: The video is doctored; Bokhari’s face was superimposed onto an unrelated video of two people who have not been identified. On 25 July 2024, YouTube channel Roaster Boy 💀 posted (archive) a video allegedly showing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and Punjab’s […]
Claim: The Government of India has released an official photo of the Saudi army chief meeting his Indian counterpart during his visit to the country in July 2024; The image hung in the background, which shows a Pakistani general signing the Instrument of Surrender that ended the 1971 war between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, was […]
Claim: An image shows the recent protest organised by the Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) in Gwadar. Fact: The claim is misleading as the image is from 2021, when Maulana Hidayatur Rehman led a protest in Gwadar and hundreds came out to support him. On 28 July, X user @RaziTahirPak posted (archive) a picture apparently showing […]
Claim: An image shows Gwadar Port at night where Dr Mahrang Baloch is leading the “Baloch National Gathering”. Fact: The picture is not from Gwadar or Pakistan. It is from Mumbai, India, where the Indian cricket team was welcomed with a parade after winning the ICC T20 World Cup. On 27 July 2024, a Facebook […]
Claim: A video shows a 7-year-old boy in FATA, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa calling Pakistan’s government and security forces apostates and calling for jihad against them. Fact: The claim is false. The young boy in the video is the son of slain Tehreek-e-Taliban (TTP) leader Mullah Fazlullah. The video is not recent either as it was released […]
Claim: A video shows former US president Barack Obama, unveiling a large portrait of the founder of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) and former prime minister Imran Khan, at a ceremony. Fact: The portrait of Imran Khan has been edited into the video. The video is actually from the United States presidential portrait unveiling ceremony, held at […]
Claim: A video shows a train running over a faulty, partially broken railway line, somewhere in Pakistan. Fact: The video does not show Pakistan Railways. The claim appears to be false as evidence suggests that the video is from Bangladesh. On 3 July 2024, Pakistani X user Muhammad Arif, with 83.6k followers, shared a […]