Claim: Social media video claims to show protesters in the Faizabad area of Islamabad after Imran Khan was arrested in Lahore in the Toshakhana case. Fact: The claim is false because the video is not from August 2023. The video was previously shared in November 2022, when PTI supporters protested against the assassination attempt on […]
Claim: The Pakistan Army rescued all the children and teachers stuck in the cable car in Battagram, KPK Fact: The Pakistan Armed Forces saved one child while locals saved the other seven. On 22 August 2023, a chairlift carrying school children and teachers got stuck in mid-air in the Battagram district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at […]
Claim: Pakistan is in the final stages of signing a billion-dollar-plus defence sale to a Middle Eastern country. Fact: The claim is false. Unlike other deals with Myanmar, Nigeria and Argentina in the past, there is no reported and verified news that a deal has been initiated, and no Middle Eastern stakeholders have formally […]
Claim: A photo shows former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan offering prayers inside Attock jail. Fact: The photo is doctored. It actually shows PTI’s senior leader Ali Mohammad Khan in Mardan jail. Imran Khan was sentenced to three years in prison on 5 August 2023 after an Islamabad trial court indicted […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers and supporters protesting outside Attock jail, following former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s arrest. Fact: The video is from February 2023, when PTI leaders and activists gathered outside Peshawar’s Central Prison to voluntarily give arrests as part of their “Jail Bharo Tehreek”. PTI chief Imran Khan was sentenced […]
Claim: A video shows Balochistan Awami Party (BAP) Senator Anwaar ul Haq Kakar during a National Assembly session. Fact: Kakar, the newly appointed interim prime minister of Pakistan, has been misidentified in the video. It actually shows former PPP MNA Sikandar Ali Rahoupoto. Fact or Fiction? On 12 August 2023, Twitter user Rubab Hayat (@shuglisam) […]
Claim: The following claims surfaced on social media after lawyer and human rights activist Imaan Mazari was arrested: Imaan Mazari received post-arrest bail in the sedition case on 22 August. The anti-terrorism court granted her bail on 22 August. She was released after securing bail. Fact: These claims are misleading Imaan Mazari was granted post-arrest […]
Claim: President Dr Arif Alvi has signed the Official Secrets Amendment Bill 2023 and the Pakistan Army Act Amendment Bill 2023. Fact: The president denied signing or assenting to changes being made to both bills. Fact or Fiction? On 19 August 2023, Business Recorder posted on X (formerly Twitter), that President Alvi has signed the Official […]
Claim: According to the Constitution, if the president doesn’t sign a draft bill or return it with his observations or objections within ten days after it has already been through the National Assembly and the Senate, it will become law. Fact: According to the Constitution, if the president doesn’t sign a draft bill or return […]
Claim: A video shows Maulana Fazlur Rehman, the chief of the right-wing Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), announcing that he will not be celebrating Pakistan’s Independence Day on 14 August 2023. Fact: The video is from 2018, when Rehman made the announcement due to the alleged rigging of the July 2018 polls. Fact or Fiction? On 12 […]
Claim: PTI Chairman Imran Khan told the media that he apologises to the nation for the cypher conspiracy case. ARY News reported that he had been misled by other members of the party in this case. Fact: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s media strategist Imran Ghazali rejected the claim; he confirmed that the statement is fake statement and […]
Claim: A viral Whatsapp forward message claims that the government has passed a bill which will result in government employees receiving pensions according to their basic salary when they were recruited, instead of their last salary slip. Fact: No bill has been passed or proposed by the government that would result in a significant decrease […]