Claim: A video claims to show Khawaja Asif facing the first public backlash as a man throws ink on his face during a speech after “calling teachers dacoits”. Fact: The video does not show the public’s reaction to Khawaja Asif “calling teachers dacoits”. The clip is, in fact, from 2018 and is not related to […]
Claim: A video shows the oil fleet of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA from Sindh being set on fire and destroyed because he refused to quit the party. Fact: The video is from 1 May 2022, when a massive blaze engulfed the Tarojaba oil depot in Nowshera district, Peshawar. Fact or Fiction? The former prime minister […]
Claim: A video of waves of water crashing onto a bridge apparently shows Cyclone Biparjoy damaging in Gujrat, India. Fact: The video is actually from 2017, not from 2023 when Cyclone Biparjoy is nearing India and Pakistan. Cyclone Biparjoy has been churning across the northeastern Arabian Sea, heading toward southern Pakistan and western India since […]
Claim: A video shows the “menacing skies & turbulent seas” of Cyclone Biparjoy near Sea View, Karachi. Fact: The video does not show Karachi’s Sea View, nor is it from any coastal areas of Pakistan. It is, in fact, Category 2 Pacific Hurricane Olaf, which made landfall in Baja California Peninsula in Mexico in September […]
Claim: A video shows a powerful explosion that rocked “an operating nuclear power plant in Karachi”, Pakistan. Fact: The video does not show an explosion at a nuclear power plant but a blast at an electrical grid station in DHA, Karachi. On 12 June 2023, Twitter user @steve_hanke posted a video (archive) showing smoke rising […]
Claim: Instagram user @feella.artx has claimed that a March 2023 report is proof the UN has called for the decriminalisation of sexual relations between adults and minors. Fact: The claim is false. A report prepared by the ICJ, UNAIDS, and the OHCHR provides a guideline on the application of criminal laws. It includes suggestions on […]
Claim: The Khorasan Diary reported that the US Forces employed long-range drones to carry out a drone strike in Ismailkhil Mandozai district of Khost province in southeastern Afghanistan. According to these screenshots, the US sought the help of locals to find their targets in Afghanistan. Fact: Founders of The Khorasan Diary, Iftikhar Firdous and Ihsanullah […]
Claim: A photo shows Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s ticket holder from PP-148 in poor condition in jail. Fact: The photo is not recent, nor does it have anything to do with Ibad Farooq. In fact, it is from 2019 and shows a young man from Indian-occupied Kashmir with pellet wounds all over his body. [Content warning: The […]
Claim: A photo shows the badly-bruised back of a female PTI supporter who was tortured in custody following a government crackdown on the party in response to protests over Imran Khan’s arrest. Fact: The image shows the back of a woman who was tortured at a dance event in Peshawar in 2021. It is unrelated […]
Claim: An image on social media shows a protest against rising terrorism in Lakki Marwat in April 2023. Fact: The claim is misleading. The image is from Swat and not the Lakki Marwat area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP). On 29 April 2023, Pakistani journalist Imran Riaz Khan posted an image on Twitter with the Urdu […]
Claim: Fashion designer Khadija Shah has been released from jail after she issued an apology via a video message. Fact: Shah is still in the Kot Lakhpat Jail. Fact or Fiction? On 29 May 2023, Twitter user Syed Kazim Zaidi (@Kazim_Zai) shared a video of Khadijah Shah with the claim that she has been released […]
Claim: Asif Zardari has announced support for Imran Khan, saying Shehbaz Sharif cannot lead Pakistan. Fact: Zardari has not announced support for Khan, nor has he said Sharif cannot lead Pakistan; the press conference shown in the video is actually from 2019. Another clip with the same caption but a different press conference is actually […]