Claim: PTI MNA Najeeb Haroon resigned in response to the Gujranwala rally. Fact: Najeeb Haroon resigned in April 2020 because he felt that he was unable to make the changes he would have liked to during his 20 months in office. A tweet recently went viral on October 16, 2020, sharing a Geo News screenshot […]
Claim: Maryam Nawaz’s statement with regards to Shahbaz Sharif’s father being a businessman is a lie. Fact: Shahbaz Sharif’s father was actually a businessman. An edited video of Maryam Nawaz’s statement contradicting Shahbaz Sharif’s regarding his father, has gone viral on Twitter and Facebook. In this video Maryam Nawaz Sharif says that Shahbaz Sharif’s father […]
Claim: Mualana Fazal ur Rahman was pictured with a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey on a plane. Fact: The image in question is doctored. On 25 September 2020, an image of Mualana Fazal ur Rahman on a plane went viral on Twitter and Facebook. The image shows the JUI-F president talking on the phone while […]
Claim: No incidents of rape were reported after a rapist was publicly executed in 1983 during General Zia ul Haq’s regime. Fact: Several incidents of rape were reported after the public execution. On 10 September, a woman was gang-raped in front of her children on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway. Following this incident, calls to publicly hang […]
Claim: Pakistan did not record the highest Covid-19 cases compared to the last 5 weeks. Fact: Pakistan did indeed report the highest Covid cases on 17 September compared to the last 5 weeks. On September 18, Omar R Quraishi, a prominent Pakistani journalist with a verified Twitter account, tweeted that Pakistan reported the highest number […]
Claim: A picture is being shared on social media apparently showing Nawaz Sharif meeting with the Israeli Ambassador during his tenure. Fact: The picture is doctored; the original image shows Nawaz Sharif meeting the German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle on June 8, 2013. An image was shared on Twitter on September 17, apparently showing former […]
Claim: The suicide rate in the Pakistan Army stands at a 0%. Fact: Several news reports exist proving that Pakistan Army soldiers have died by suicide in the past. A 2015 article from ARY News, last updated in 2017, went viral on Twitter recently, with several users sharing the headline, “Pakistan Army leads world forces […]
Claim: Prime Minister Imran Khan has said that CCPO Lahore, Umer Sheikh, will not be transferred from his position. Fact: Imran Khan has not issued such a statement; the PTI government in Punjab is carrying out an investigation into the CCPO’s conduct in the aftermath of the incident. On September 10, two robbers gang-raped a […]
Claim: An image is being shared on social media showing that the Pakistan flag normally raised on the KMC building has been replaced by a PPP flag. Fact: The image has been doctored, the PPP flag has not been raised on the KMC building, and the Pakistan flag is still where it has always been. […]
Claim: Sindh Government used a bulldozer and a leaking dumper to dewater a flooded street during the Monsoon in Karachi. Fact: The video showing the ineffective dewatering activity is from Baghdad, Iraq. On August 30th, following the urban flooding in Karachi, a video of a bulldozer lifting water off a flooded street and pouring it […]
Claim: Six Indian soldiers were killed in face-off between the Indian and Chinese army in Ladakh Fact: Six civilians were injured in Srinagar following a failed attack on an Indian Army vehicle by suspected militants On August 30, two offences against the Indian Army took place in two different locations. One in the Baramulla region […]
Claim: Pakistan Navy submarine seen in flooded streets of Karachi to rescue residents Fact: The video and image showing a submarine in Karachi’s streets were both doctored. On August 30, after the urban flooding that occurred in Karachi, a doctored video was shared by an Indian account showing a submarine traversing through Nagan Chaowarangi, a […]