Claim: An Urdu news website published an article with the headline, “How many lives have been lost due to the presence of residential addresses on identity cards. Is the ID card going to change?” Fact: The news headline is misleading as it suggests some change to the National Identity Card (NIC) is impending, when this […]
Claim: Senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) Ahsan Iqbal said that the Central Superior Services (CSS) exam should be conducted in Urdu in his address at a seminar held by the Maulana Zafar Ali Trust. Fact: Posts sharing the quote are misrepresenting Ahsan Iqbal’s words and missing context; referring to the CSS exam, […]
Claim: The Election Commission of Pakistan has cancelled the party registration of the Jamaat-e-Islami party for five years. Fact: The Election Commission of Pakistan has not cancelled the party registration of Jamaat-e-Islami. A doctored image of a notification has gone viral on social media after the first phase of local government elections in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. […]
Claim: A viral image depicts Italian singer Julia Markin holding up her bra and asking people in a crowd how much they would be willing to pay for it. Fact: The image is in fact of Hollywood actress Katie Holmes re-enacting a scene from a historic protest. A facebook account run by user Taajob Mahar […]
Claim: ● Prime Minister of Pakistan Imran Khan was summoned by the Supreme Court of Pakistan because the government is negotiating a cease-fire with the terrorist organization Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). ● The Chief Justice of Pakistan “sternly question[ed] the sitting PM on his actions regarding the TTP.” Fact: ● The prime minister was not called […]
Claim: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) is introducing newly designed currency notes. Fact: The State Bank of Pakistan is not introducing newly designed currency notes in Pakistan. On 6th November 2021, 24NewsHD ran a ticker on TV followed by a story on their website that said, “The government has planned to introduce plastic currency […]
Claim: Pakistan is the fourth most expensive country in the world according to a report by The Economist magazine. Fact: Pakistan is not the fourth most expensive country in the world, nor has The Economist reported that. The Economist is a highly reputed weekly magazine that publishes economic and political news for a global audience. […]
Claim: The cover of The Economist’s 9 October Asia edition features an image of Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan, accompanied by text stating, “Imran Khan Will Win The Next Elections.” Fact: The Economist never published such a cover and the image appears to be doctored. The text on the cover seems to have been taken […]
Claim: Afghan Taliban’s General Mobin said the national cricket team would not be permitted to play if they support the tri-coloured Afghan National Flag. Fact: General Mobeen did say the Afghan team would not be allowed to play if they kept sporting the Afghan national flag however, he has issued a statement on it saying […]
Claim: Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan died because of the insensitivity and lack of empathy of the Pakistani nation. Fact: Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan died after developing health complications due to COVID 19 Starting from 0:35 in the video, the anchor states that “Abdul Qadeer Khan died of solitude. Although he was also battling cancer in […]
Claim: Lt. General Asif Ghafoor may be made the Director General (DG) of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Fact: General Ghafoor is not in fact being made DG ISI. An Instagram account by the name of _.Markhor._ claimed in a recent post that General Ghafoor, the former Director General of the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) — […]
Claim: 1- The Taliban have confirmed the death of their supreme leader Haibatullah Akhunzada. 2- Akhunzada died last year in a suicide attack carried out by Pakistani forces. Fact: 1- The Taliban have not confirmed the death of their supreme leader Haibatullah Akhunzada. 2- The Pakistani State has endorsed a […]