Claim: A Facebook video shows Imran Khan bowing down to a man. A slowed-down version of the video is being shared with a caption that claims Khan only bows before Jewish people. Fact: The video has been slowed down and is misleading. Imran Khan did not bow before a Jewish person as claimed in the […]
Claim: An image of the newly elected Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan sitting in an office in front of two flags — the Pakistan flag and the Government of Punjab flag — is being shared online with claim that “the flag of Azad Kashmir region is missing from the […]
Claim: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan set a Guinness World Record for having the most listeners in a Twitter Space on 20 April 2022. (Twitter Spaces is a feature that allows you to have live audio conversations on the platform.) Fact: While Khan hosted a record-breaking Twitter Space with 165,000 live listeners tuning in at […]
Claim: A picture of men standing with their hands behind their backs is being shared on social media with the claim that it shows people who were chanting abusive slogans directed towards Pakistan’s new cabinet members outside Masjid-e-Nabvi in Madina having been arrested. Fact: The image is a year-old image of people who had been […]
Claim: Singer Farhan NFT recently met Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and he performed his song Mian De Naray, which was written for the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N). Fact: Farhan NFT met and performed the song for Shehbaz Sharif at Sharif’s residence last year, not after he became prime minister. Fact or Fiction? On 15 April […]
Claim: A picture shows a huge crowd of people at Lahore’s Liberty Chowk protesting against the removal of Imran Khan as Pakistan’s prime minister. Fact: A filter, which duplicates the original image beyond its borders, has been applied, making the crowd appear larger than it in fact was. The picture, although real, has been doctored […]
Claim: An image is circulating on social media with the claim that it shows the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka after he was assaulted by the public for “giving an unconstitutional ruling”. Fact: The caption of the image is false. The image in question is in fact of an Indian activist after he was attacked […]
Claim: An image of a mass gathering in Lahore, Pakistan, is being shared on social media platforms with the claim that it shows a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rally that took place on April 21, 2022, following Imran Khan’s ouster. The Minar-e-Pakistan monument can be seen in the foreground of the photograph shrouded in green light. […]
Claim: A viral video shows people chanting “You’re a thief!” at Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif during his visit to a Ramzan bazaar in Lahore. Fact: No one chanted “You’re a thief” during Sharif’s visit; the chants have been edited into the video. On 24 April 2022, Twitter user @DrErfanOmar tweeted a video showing PM […]
Claim: A video circulating on social media depicts people gathered in the United States to show their support for Imran Khan, Pakistan’s ousted former prime minister, following his removal from office in April 2022. Fact: The video does not show crowds rallying for Khan in the United States but rather football fans celebrating Senegal’s victory […]
Claim: A video is being shared on Facebook with a caption that states it depicts Geo News anchor Sana Mirza crying during a live TV segment in the aftermath of Imran Khan’s removal from office as “her heart could not allow her to lie after seeing people’s love for Imran Khan.” Fact: The caption of […]
Claim: A picture being shared online allegedly shows Turkish people out on the streets in support of Imran Khan as part of the ongoing protests against Khan being ousted from the prime minister office. Fact: The picture is from the ‘March for Justice’, an anti-government crackdown protest that took place in Turkey from 2017. Khan’s […]