A photo in the article below contains images some may find graphic. Claim: A photo shows injured police officers who were targeted by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers during the Zaman Park stand-off in Lahore. Fact: The photo actually shows injured police constables lying on the ground as a result of a clash with the far-right […]
Claim: Imran Khan addressed his party workers and supporters in Zaman Park, Lahore, on 14 March 2023 and his speech was broadcast live by Hum News as he evaded police. Fact: The live stream in question actually shows an old speech from May 2022 and was not filmed at his residence. However, Khan has been […]
Claim: A video shows a large number of people gathered at Zaman Park in Lahore to stop Imran Khan from being arrested. Fact: The clip is old and does not show Zaman Park. It is from a protest against Khan’s ouster back in April 2022 when his supporters gathered near Millennium Mall in Karachi. On […]
Claim: A Dawn report quotes Imran Khan as saying “hope lies with the establishment in ending this farce” in a live address on 15 March 2022. Fact: Khan actually said, “I would like to say it to the judiciary, before anything else, that the only hope we have left is in the judiciary.” He then […]
Claim: A video on social media shows Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi criticising the Pakistani government after Imran Khan’s ouster. Fact: The claim is misleading because the video was from 2019, when Khan was in power and Modi criticised him during his election campaign. On 11 January 2023, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member and lawmaker Senator […]
Claim: An image claims to show a Swiss parliamentarian who runs her house by working in a bakery. Fact: The image shows Licia Ronzulli, an Italian politician and a former Member of the European Parliament who represented The People of Freedom party and the New Forza Italia party in 2009-14. On 16 February 2023, Retired […]
Claim: According to a survey conducted by Gallup Pakistan, 90% of Pakistanis believe that respecting the army is an important part of being a true Pakistani. Fact: The survey in question had less than 1,800 respondents. Furthermore, it was conducted in 2021. A Twitter account named DG ISPR Urdu tweeted a graphic stating that 90% […]
Claim: Zartaj Gul tweeted a photo of Imran Khan sitting next to a woman with the caption, “he was a strange king; he used to seat the poor in the front at a gathering of kings.” Fact: The image was doctored to make it appear as if Khan was sitting closer to the woman than […]
Claim: A viral social media post claims that PTI leader Shaukat Tarin had been arrested by the FIA. Fact: He has not been arrested, but he has been charged and may be taken into custody in the near future. In August 2022, two audio clips surfaced of a telephone conversation between PTI Senator Shaukat Tarin […]
Claim: A news grab of Hum News’ bulletin suggests that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz leader Maryam Nawaz has said that people from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf are jealous of her beauty. Fact: The media outlet did not air any such news, nor did the PML-N leader make any such comment. The news grab doing the rounds on […]
Claim: A photo shows the Director-General of Inter-Services Intelligence of Pakistan (DG ISI) Nadeem Anjum attending the funeral of former Pakistani president and military dictator General Pervez Musharraf. Fact: The photo is actually from January 2023, when the DG ISI attended the funeral prayers of two martyred officers of the Punjab Counter-Terrorism Department. Fact or […]
Claim: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an Indian political party, is considered the party with the largest propaganda and misinformation network in the world, followed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Fact: The index being alluded to by viral posts was shared by a parody account, South Youthia Index, on Twitter. Fact or Fiction? On 7 February […]