Claim: A social media video claims that it shows police officers hitting Afghan women and arresting them. Fact: The claim is false as the video is old, from 2021 Swat, KP; it is not related to the recent arrests of Afghan refugees. On 17 September 2023, an X (formerly Twitter) account @ZawiaNews posted a video […]
Claim: Social media post claims that it shows missing journalist Imran Riaz Khan’s first video statement for the public after he returned home on 25 September 2023. Fact: The claim is false because the video is from July 2022, when Khan was arrested near Islamabad and was later released by the court. On 25 September […]
Claim: A Facebook video claims that it shows journalist Imran Riaz Khan talking to the media when he returned home after being missing for four months. Fact: The claim is false because the video is from February 2023, when Imran Riaz was freed from the FIA’s custody after the case against him was dismissed. On […]
Claim: A schedule shows a cancelled flight of Nawaz Sharif’s from the UK to Pakistan. Fact: The image is doctored. Moreover, the picture shows PK-785, a PIA flight, which cannot possibly fly because the airline is banned from travelling to and from the UK and the EU. On 15 September 2023, X (formerly Twitter) user […]
Claim: A crocodile crept into a residential area of Karachi. Fact: The video is not from Karachi, Pakistan, but from the Mahisagar district of India’s Gujarat state. On 26 September 2023, Facebook user ‘ALi Khan AK’ posted a video (archive) showing a group of men trying to capture what appears to be a crocodile in […]
Claim: TRT World reported that a blast took place in Peshawar on 29 September 2023. Fact: The blast did not take place in Peshawar. The incident happened in Hangu – an area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, which is 111 km away from Peshawar city. Fact or Fiction? On 29 September 2023, TRT World posted […]
Claim: Two photographs show the jail cell in which Imran Khan is being detained. Fact: The images are, in fact, of cells in the closed-down Ohio State Reformatory and Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary; they were taken in 2021 and 2016. On 11 August 2023, X (formerly Twitter) user @p4pakipower1 posted a picture (archive) apparently of a […]
Claim: Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar took a selfie inside the UNGA hall on his state trip to New York. Fact: The selfie, while authentic, was taken in 2019 when Kakar was a senator. It’s unrelated to his tenure as caretaker prime minister. On 20 September 2023, Facebook user ‘Sadiq Kakar’ posted a picture (archive) showing Pakistan’s interim […]
Claim: A viral image shows Sahar Ata Bandial, the daughter of Pakistan’s former top judge, Umar Ata Bandial. Fact: The image does not show Sahar Bandial but Shiffa Z. Yousafzai. On 13 September 2023, the X (formerly Twitter) user @Drsamina19 posted a picture (archive) claiming it shows Sahar Ata Bandial, the daughter of former Chief […]
Claim: A picture shows Nawaz Sharif walking with the judge, Humayun Dilawar. A similar post claims the image depicts Sharif walking with the late judge, Arshad Malik. Fact: The man walking alongside Nawaz Sharif is journalist Kousar Kazmi, not Dilawar or Malik, the latter of whom has passed away. On 18 August 2023, Soch Fact […]
Claim: A photograph shows Imran Khan sitting at the feet of his mother, Shaukat Khanum. Fact: The photograph is doctored; in reality, it only shows Shaukat Khanum. On 8 September 2023, the Facebook user ‘Irfan Gul Arzi’ posted a picture (archive) claiming to show Imran Khan — the former prime minister and chief of the […]
Claim: Pakistan’s interim prime minister, Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar, has appointed his son as Balochistan’s sports minister. Fact: The image actually shows Nawabzada Mir Jamal Khan Raisani, the son of the late Mir Siraj Khan Raisani, taking oath as Balochistan’s Sports and Youth Affairs Minister. On 2 September 2023, Soch Fact Check received a WhatsApp message that […]