Claim: Noor Jehan, the elephant who died at the Karachi Zoo, had broken legs, according to a post-mortem report being quoted by different outlets. Fact: The global animal welfare organisation Four Paws has said that the elephant’s post-mortem report has not been made public yet. Fact or Fiction? On 1 May 2023, ARY News reported […]
Claim: United States President Joe Biden has allocated $500,000 to “transgender Pakistani youth English lessons”. Fact: A Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) details a potential programme to be created by eligible partners for the professional development of English teachers from non-mainstream institutions, novice English teachers, transgender youth, as well as Afghan teachers, students, and young […]
Claim: A viral video shows a man dumping goats from a moving truck on Karachi’s Super Highway. Fact: The claim is false. The video is not from Karachi, Pakistan but actually is from Maharashtra, India. On 30 April 2023, a Twitter user posted a video with an Urdu caption, مبینہ طور پر یہ ویڈیو سپر […]
Claim: Pakistani parents lock their daughters’ graves to avoid necrophilia, as shown in a viral photo. Fact: The photo is not from Pakistan but Hyderabad, India. On 29 April 2023, Indian media outlet ANI News published a report that includes a viral photo of a padlocked grave, claiming that Pakistani parents are locking their daughters’ […]
Claim: A video on social media shows APTMA patron-in-chief Dr Gohar Ejaz asking Finance Minister Ishaq Dar to help and save the textile industry. Fact: The claim is false because the video is not from 2023. The video was shared as early as 2017 and has been making rounds on social media ever since. On […]
Claim: A tweet from PMLN’s official account claims that the Grand Mosque’s administration in Makkah shared an image of Nawaz Sharif surrounded by protocol officers offering Umrah, with the caption, “His Excellency the former Prime Minister of Pakistan performed Umran in Masjid Al Haram earlier today.” Fact: The tweet is misleading because Harmain Shareefain is […]
Claim: Women these days reach menopause by age 30. Fact: It is factually incorrect that women these days reach menopause by age 30. Two gynaecologists that Soch Fact Check spoke to, as well as a number of peer-reviewed research papers and studies, prove that women in Pakistan reach menopause around the age of 47-55. Furthermore, […]
Claim: A tweet by journalist Saleem Safi suggests that Mohsin Dawar, chair of the National Democratic Movement, was killed after his car was fired upon while he was on his way to Islamabad from Peshawar. Fact: The viral tweet is doctored. Safi did not share any such news and no such attack happened. Fact or […]
Claim: A social media post suggests that Geo News reported, “No one knows General Asim Munir better than me, he is a human being, Imran Khan.” Fact: The post doing the rounds on social media is doctored. Geo News never reported or shared any such story. Fact or Fiction? On 9 April 2023, Twitter user […]
Claim: Yasin Joyia, Honorary Consul of Sri Lanka General, has said that Sri Lanka will give Pakistan two elephants following the death of critically ill elephant Noor Jehan at Karachi Zoo on 22 April 2023. Fact: The Sri Lankan High Commission in Pakistan has denied offering elephants to Pakistan and said Joyia, who mentioned such […]
Claim: A court in Pakistan’s Punjab province used artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot ChatGPT-4 to make a decision in a legal case involving a dispute between two parties over a contract. Fact: The decision of the bail petition was not made by or with the help of ChatGPT, but Judge Amir Munir only consulted the artificial […]
Claim: A picture claims to show that a woman, wearing the PTI’s colours and holding the party’s flag, is Sahar Ata Bandial, the daughter of Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Umar Ata Bandial. Fact: The picture is of Tayyaba Raja, a PTI supporter and social media influencer. It does not show Sahar Bandial. On 2 […]