Claim: A video shows Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari dancing to a Bollywood song at an event. Fact: Bilawal has been misidentified in the video. It features a media student Mehroz Baig who posted the video on his social media account on 12 January 2023. Fact or Fiction? On 22 January 2023, Pakistani-Canadian columnist […]
Claim: A photo shows Jamaat-e-Islami’s Karachi chief Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman taking an oath of loyalty from property tycoon Malik Riaz. Fact: The photo is from a 2020 meeting when the two parties reached an agreement following JI-led protests against Bahria Town for allegedly refusing to provide land allotments to some of its registrants. Fact […]
Claim: A photo shows Russian President Vladimir Putin reading a book by Imran Khan titled ‘Pakistan: A Personal History’. Fact: The photo is doctored. In the actual photo from June 2016, Putin can be seen reading a different book. Fact or Fiction? On 6 January 2023, a social media user Mahnoor Malik, shared a photo […]
Claim: The Directorate General of Immigration and Passports has issued a notification announcing an increase in the fees for passport issuance. Fact: The DGIP announced fees for the issuance of e-passports. The fees for machine-readable passports that are currently issued will remain the same. Recently circulating news on social media claimed that Pakistan’s Directorate General […]
Claim: A video shows people in a scuffle over a bag of flour amid rising inflation. Fact: The video is, in fact, from September 2022, when a scuffle broke out among some flood victims over bags of ration provided by the government. On 9 January 2023, a member of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party […]
Claim: A sniffer dog of Karachi police has been stolen. Fact: No sniffer dog has been stolen. The SSU says they do not have police dogs and the K-9 Unit at the Garden Police Headquarters, Karachi, also refuted the claim. On 6 January 2023, Twitter user @Karachi__Wali posted a picture showing a news ticker seemingly […]
Claim: A viral photo of jailed Afghan children is not from any prison in Sindh. Fact: Soch Fact Check confirms the picture is genuine and authentic following a visit to the lock-up where the photograph was taken. The cell is located inside the City Court in Karachi, Sindh. During a 30 December 2022 press conference, […]
Claim: All Pakistan Textile Mills Association (APTMA) has announced the closure of textile mills across the country from 31 December 2022. Fact: APTMA clarified that the news regarding the closure of the textile industry is baseless and fake. Fact or Fiction? On 26 December 2022, the Facebook page The Bahawalpur shared a screenshot of a […]
Claim: A nighttime visual of the earth from space shows that Pakistan was wiped off the map and completely dark during a massive country-wide power outage. Fact: The image is doctored. The map, which is sourced from NASA Worldview, is based on satellite imagery and did not show Pakistan being wiped off due to the […]
Claim: A photo shows people in long queues waiting to buy flour bags amid the looming wheat crisis in Pakistan. Fact: The photo is from 2021 and is unrelated to the current wheat crisis in Pakistan. Fact or Fiction? On 8 January 2023, user Usman Farhat shared a photo on Twitter claiming that it shows […]
Claim: At least 50,000 babies were born in Faisalabad in just ten days in December 2022, the most in any city in Pakistan. Fact: More than 50,000 childbirths were registered in the Faisalabad division and over 25,000 in the Faisalabad district between 10 and 20 December 2022 as part of a birth registration drive launched […]
Claim: A video shows surgeons arguing with nursing staff inside an operation theatre in Pakistan. Fact: The video depicts an incident from Umaid Hospital, Jodphur, Rajasthan in India in August 20177. It is not from Pakistan. Fact or Fiction? On 4 January 2023, Pakistani-Canadian columnist Tarek Fatah retweeted a video claiming that it shows surgeons […]