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pakistan politics

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Claim: A video shows PTI protesters swimming across a river to reach Islamabad amid road blockades.   Fact: The video was first shared online on 1 September 2023, disproving the claim that PTI protesters swam across a river to attend the 24 November 2024 protest at D-Chowk. On 25 November, the Instagram account Dialogue Pakistan, which […]

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Claim: The Sharif family stole expensive cutlery from a Saudi hotel, says the hotel’s management. Fact: No such claim was made by the hotel management. The screenshots of 92 News and BBC News headlines claiming so are doctored.  On 27 April 2023, a Twitter user posted four photos of news headlines purportedly from 92 News […]

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Claim: “Modi Modi” slogans were raised in favor of the indian Prime Minister during the 27th session of the National Assembly. Fact: Parliamentarians raised “voting voting” slogans in the 27th session of the National Assembly, and the slogans mentioning Modi were not in his support, but rather to denounce any allegiance to the Indian Prime […]

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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 […]

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Claim: An image is being shared on social media showing that the Pakistan flag normally raised on the KMC building has been replaced by a PPP flag.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. […]

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