Claim: An audio clip of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) founder, Imran Khan, suggests that he has announced a boycott of the 2024 general elections being held on 8 February in Pakistan. Fact: The party’s official account on X denied the announcement of any such decision. The viral audio clip is likely AI-generated. Elections 2024 Ahead of […]
Claim: Several independent candidates claim to be official and nominated ticket holders of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) for the 8 February election; their posts and campaigns have gone viral on social media. Fact: Soch Fact Check’s investigation into at least seven candidates, claiming to be official PTI candidates revealed that these individuals were not the party’s […]
Claim: PTI cancelled the nomination of candidates Major Tahir Sadik and Eman Tahir in NA-49 and NA-50, respectively. Fact: The claim is false because the political party has issued no such notification before the general elections. On 7 February 2024, a user posted an image on Facebook with an Urdu caption, “اہم ترین: پی ٹی […]
Claim: The PML-N has announced its decision to boycott the 2024 general elections being held on 8 February in Pakistan. Fact: The PML-N has made no such announcement; the accounts making the claim are fake and not associated with the party. On 8 February 2024, X (formerly Twitter) user @Hasnain8082 posted (archive) a screenshot of […]
Claim: PTI’s candidate from NA-55, Muhammad Basharat Raja is boycotting the general election on PTI’s founder and ex-chairman, Imran Khan’s call. Fact: The claim is false because the clip was created by altering another video using deepfake technology. In the original video, Basharat Raja is asking the general public to vote for him in the […]
Claim: In a recent rally ahead of the 8 February 2024 elections, Asif Ali Zardari said the time has come now to replace Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari with a decent man who can run Pakistan. Fact: The video does not match the audio, which has been altered to include the name of Bilawal when Zardari was actually […]
Claim: A tweet implies that the ECP printed 260 million ballot papers for 128 million voters and 160 million of them are extra which can be used for rigging in general elections 2024. Fact: The claim is misleading because both national and provincial assemblies have separate ballot papers and each voter gets two ballot papers […]
Claim: PML-N’s candidate for National Assembly from Chakwal, Major (r) Tahir Iqbal, said, “The person second to God is known as Mian Nawaz Sharif.” Fact: Major Iqbal’s remarks have been taken out of context and presented in a purposely trimmed video. Upon viewing a longer version of the clip, Iqbal in his speech praises Nawaz […]
Claim: Former prime minister Shehbaz Sharif has said that there is no possibility of any conspiracy in the presence of Army Chief General Asim Munir, in any case, Nawaz Sharif will be Pakistan’s next premier. Fact: Sharif’s statement has been misconstrued. He did not say that Nawaz Sharif will become the next prime minister because […]
Claim: A video shows PPP leader Khursheed Shah being hit with shoes during a campaign trail in his constituency ahead of the 2024 general elections. Fact: Shah was not hit with shoes during a recent campaign trail; the video is actually over five years old and, therefore, not breaking news. On January 2024, X (formerly […]
Claim: Analyst Michael Kugelman said that Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) supremo Nawaz Sharif is “a top candidate to be the next premier not because he’s wildly popular – he certainly is – but more so because he’s played his cards right”. Fact: The BBC misquoted Kugelman in an article. In his original comment to the […]