Claim: A video shows Nawaz Sharif and Shehbaz Sharif physically fighting each other. Fact: The viral clip is AI-generated. On 17 November 2024, a Facebook page called Phatan TV posted a video (archive) apparently showing Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PMLN) leaders Nawaz Sharif and his brother, prime minister Shehbaz Sharif, hitting each other. The frame […]
Claim: Imran Khan has admitted that the current government has managed to save the economy from collapsing. Fact: In his full statement, Khan says the current government has stifled economic growth to claim reduced inflation. According to senior PTI leader Salman Akram Raja, Khan said that there is no investment or jobs because there […]
Claim: Images depict Imran Khan and Richard Grenell in intimate moments, including some showing them getting married. Fact: These images are either digitally altered or AI-generated. On 17 December, social users shared photos targeting former prime minister Imran Khan and foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell, who had been appointed by US President-elect Donald Trump as […]
Claim: Maryam Ikram was involved in the 9 May 2023 riots, after which she was included in PML-N’s central leadership. Fact: Ikram is not part of PML-N’s central leadership. Additionally, the picture cited in the claim was shared on Facebook as early as October 2022, disproving any connection to the 9 May riots. Ikram, a […]
Claim: Pakistani actor and director Hamza Ali Abbasi, revealed that everyone in PTI is homosexual during a television interview. Fact: The actor made no such statement. The viral clip has been edited to misrepresent the context of his remarks. In the unedited version, he addressed the nature of the allegations made against him and Imran […]
Claim: Protestors staged a physical demonstration against Askari Bank and Fauji Foundation. Fact: Although some social media users have initiated boycotts against Askari Bank and Fauji products, no physical demonstrations have occurred anywhere in the country. The video in question is digitally manipulated, as the banners and posters carried by the ‘protesters’ contain noticeable typos. […]
Claim: A violent video of a man being beaten up in a river, with his hands and feet tied together, is from the recent attacks on the Shia community in Parachinar. Fact: The video is old; it emerged online as early as 2021 and is, therefore, unrelated to the recent unrest in Parachinar. Parachinar Attacks […]
Claim: A video shows two instances in which a young Imran Khan is seen kissing women in a social setting. Fact: The video includes clips that are digitally manipulated. In one of the two clips, an image of Imran Khan with former British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell was used as a base to fabricate the footage. […]
Claim: In an open letter, Imran Khan apologised to Nawaz Sharif for politically misleading the nation’s youth, spreading propaganda against him, and admitted to the cases against Sharif being false. Fact: The video is doctored, and Khan has not apologised to Sharif in an open letter or otherwise. The video’s audio has been taken […]
Claim: A video shows Bushra Bibi, wife of the former Prime Minister Imran Khan, addressing a crowd unveiled. Fact: The claim is false. The woman in the video is Suriya Bibi, Deputy Speaker of the Provincial Assembly of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. On 7 December 2024, a post on Facebook shared a video in which a […]
Claim: Ali Amin Gandapur accused Bushra Bibi of corruption and collecting extortion money in Peshawar. Fact: The Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa did not accuse Bushra Bibi of corruption. The viral video was shared out of context from a longer recording, which shows Gandapur condemning wives who do not question their husbands about the source […]
Claim 1: Syria’s former President Bashar al-Assad died in a plane crash. Claim 2: A video shows the ousted president’s plane engulfed in flames after a crash. Fact 1: Assad did not die in a plane crash. Instead, he was granted asylum in Russia, along with his family, on humanitarian grounds, news reports confirmed on […]