Claim: A video shows a large group of people in Pakistan protesting in response to recent controversial remarks by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) former spokesperson Nupur Sharma and party leader Naveen Kumar Jindal that were seen as insulting the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Fact: The video is from 2021 and is not connected to any anti-India […]
Claim: A video shows a massive crowd gathered in India to protest against BJP spokesperson Nupur Sharma’s recent controversial comments about the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Fact: The video is in fact from 2019 and shows people celebrating the birthday of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in Yemen. Fact or Fiction? On 7 June 2022, Facebook user Dr […]
Claim: English cricketer Moeen Ali tweeted that he will not play any match in India and will also boycott the Indian Premier League (IPL) if India does not apologise for recent anti-Islam remarks by BJP leaders. Fact: The tweet has been wrongly attributed to Ali. The Twitter user responsible for the tweet appears to have […]
Claim: Qatar Airways CEO Akbar Al Baker in an interview with Al Jazeera responds to an appeal by Indian social media user Vashudev to boycott the airline following Qatar’s condemnation of BJP leaders’ recent anti-Islam comments. Fact: The video of Al Baker doing the rounds on social media is doctored. Fact or Fiction? On 7 […]
Claim: An image shared on Facebook depicts people in Srinagar protesting against the recent imprisonment of Kashmiri separatist leader Yasin Malik. Fact: The image in question is not from a protest in Srinagar. The image is, in fact, from a 2018 protest in the United States of America. On 5 June 2022, Soch Fact Check […]
Claim: Former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad has died. Fact: The rumours that Mahathir has died are not true. He was pictured meeting a dignitary on 3 June 2022 and also attended a conference in Japan on 27 May 2022. Fact or Fiction? On 31 May 2022, Facebook page News Alert Pakistan shared a photo […]
Claim: A news clipping written in Urdu states that a man who was trapped in a desert in Saudi Arabia ate two of his wives. Fact: There is no truth to the report. It appears to be based on an English-language article published by a Canadian satirical outlet in 2019. The pictures included in that […]
Claim: Viral video depicts Sri Lankan ministers being manhandled by protestors. Fact: The men shown being manhandled in the video are not Sri Lankan ministers. According to reports by Sri Lankan news organisations, members of the public began to beat up the men shown in the video because they believed them to be prisoners who […]
Claim: ‘Joyland’ is the first Pakistani film to premiere at the Cannes Film Festival. Fact: While ‘Joyland’ is the first Pakistani film to be entered into the official selection at the Cannes Film Festival, the first Pakistani film to debut at the Cannes Film Festival was in fact Jamil Dehlavi’s ‘The Blood of Hussain’, which was […]
Claim: Photos doing the rounds on social media depict 1500 private jets parked at the World Economic Forum (WEF) summit in Davos, Switzerland in May 2022. Fact: The photographs were not taken at the May 2022 WEF summit in Davos, Switzerland. In fact, these are old photos taken in May 2015 at the McCarren International […]
Claim: A viral video of a multi-lane circular bridge, with the lanes spiraling down towards the center of the shot, allegedly depicts the Nanpu Bridge in Shanghai, China. Fact: The video is not an accurate depiction of the Nanpu Bridge. While the bridge is known for its elevated, circular design, the video creates the impression […]
Claim: A video circulating on social media depicts a forest fire in the Sherani district of Balochistan. Fact: The video does not show pine nut forests located in Balochistan’s Sherani district ablaze, but rather is of wildfires raging across a forest in Victoria, Australia in December 2019. Fact or Fiction? On 22 May 2022, a […]