Claim: Official PTI handles, digital media outlets, and think tanks have uploaded congratulatory messages to their social media pages claiming Pakistan has been removed from the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. Grey list-designated countries are those which are required to make commitments to take stronger measures against the financing of criminal activities such […]
Claim: According to a tweet circulating online, Pakistan’s current prime minister, Shehbaz Sharif, wore a scarf bearing the Palestinian flag to show his support for the Palestinian cause. Fact: Sharif wore the flag in 2021 when he was a member of the opposition, not recently after becoming the country’s prime minister. On 2 June 2022, […]
Claim: Finance Minister Miftah Ismail has suggested that families should learn how to share one piece of bread in light of surging inflation in the country. Fact: Ismail did not make any such suggestion. In fact, he was referring to an analogy Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif used in a cabinet meeting to refer to cooperation […]
Claim: A video posted on Facebook allegedly depicts Interior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb crying during the recent May 2022 Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) rally in Bahawalpur after members of the public called her a thief. Fact: The video is not from the May 2022 Bahawalpur rally organized by the PML-N. The video is from 2018 and […]
Claim: Former president Pervez Musharraf has passed away after being put on a ventilator. Fact: Musharraf’s family issued a clarification stating that the former president had not passed away. They clarified that he was not on a ventilator but had been hospitalised for the last three weeks due to a complication arising from Amyloidosis, a […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi while Khan was in power. Fact: The video in question is from December 2015 when Khan and Modi met in Delhi. Khan was not Pakistan’s prime minister at the time. Fact or Fiction? On 5 June 2022, Facebook user […]
Claim: In a video posted to his official Facebook account, Former Prime Minister Imran Khan can be seen holding up a banner with a picture of a man, who Khan claims in the video was killed during the 2022 Long March in Islamabad. Khan can be heard blaming the man’s death on federal interior minister […]
Claim: A photo depicts a pile of tear gas shells used by police against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s supporters during the Long March led by Imran Khan on 25 May 2022. Fact: The photo is actually from a protest held in 2014. Fact or Fiction? On 26 May 2022, journalist Imran Riaz Khan shared a photo of […]
Claim: Police personnel pulls out the nails of a young protestor at a recent PTI dharna. Fact: This video is not from a recent PTI dharna. According to multiple statements from police officials, the police constable was trying to snatch a sharp object or blade from the protestor’s hand. While Soch Fact Check can confirm […]
Claim: Pictures show that blockages have been placed on roads to stop Imran Khan’s 25 May 2022 Long March. Fact: Although blockades were actually put in place on roads leading to Islamabad to disrupt the long march, the pictures in question are not from this march. In fact, these pictures are from a similar event […]
Claim: A video shows police firing tear gas shells to disperse PTI protests. Fact: The video in question is from a February 2021 protest at D Chowk where the police used tear gas to disperse government employees who were protesting for a pay raise. A video was shared by former Human Rights minister Shireen Mazari […]
Claim: A Twitter account claiming to be retired Justice Nasira Iqbal states that she, as well as her son Senator Walid Iqbal, are supporting Imran Khan and his long march. Fact: The Twitter account from which the tweet was sent does not belong to Justice Nasira Iqbal. Justice Iqbal does not have any social media […]