Claim: A Facebook video shows Imran Khan bowing down to a man. A slowed-down version of the video is being shared with a caption that claims Khan only bows before Jewish people. Fact: The video has been slowed down and is misleading. Imran Khan did not bow before a Jewish person as claimed in the […]
Claim: An image of the newly elected Prime Minister of Azad Jammu and Kashmir Sardar Tanveer Ilyas Khan sitting in an office in front of two flags — the Pakistan flag and the Government of Punjab flag — is being shared online with claim that “the flag of Azad Kashmir region is missing from the […]
Claim: Posts shared online claim that the “Turkish government has tightened the visa policy for Pakistanis after crimes reportedly involving Pakistanis started surfacing last week”. The Turkish government has also “stopped issuing temporary residence permits for Pakistanis”, according to the posts. Fact: The claims are false and misleading as, at the time of publishing, no […]
Claim: A picture of men standing with their hands behind their backs is being shared on social media with the claim that it shows people who were chanting abusive slogans directed towards Pakistan’s new cabinet members outside Masjid-e-Nabvi in Madina having been arrested. Fact: The image is a year-old image of people who had been […]
Claim: Social media users are circulating photos and videos of Imran Khan sitting down during an international conference held in 2019, with the claim that the former prime minister can be seen sitting because he refused to stand to greet former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Fact: The visuals are, in fact, from a Shanghai […]
Claim: A drone strike killed sevenin Shawal, District North Waziristan on 10 April 2022. Fact: There was no drone attack in Waziristan in April 2022. Pakistani social media was flooded by the news of a drone attack that allegedly took place in Shawal Valley killing seven people on the night of 10 April 2022. A […]
Claim: A photo circulating on social media shows people queuing up at petrol pumps as Pakistan faces a fuel shortage. Fact: The photo is actually from January 2015. It shows people standing in a long queue to buy petrol at a fuel station in Lahore as the city faced an acute shortage of petrol. Fact […]
Claim: A picture shows a huge crowd of people at Lahore’s Liberty Chowk protesting against the removal of Imran Khan as Pakistan’s prime minister. Fact: A filter, which duplicates the original image beyond its borders, has been applied, making the crowd appear larger than it in fact was. The picture, although real, has been doctored […]
Claim: An image of an x-ray of a set of teeth with a baby-like figure visible in the gum area is circulating on social media with the claim that a rare case of ectopic pregnancy in teeth has been reported at Karachi’s Carevian International Hospital. Fact: The image was posted as a joke by a […]
Claim: An image is circulating on social media with the claim that it shows the Chief Justice of Sri Lanka after he was assaulted by the public for “giving an unconstitutional ruling”. Fact: The caption of the image is false. The image in question is in fact of an Indian activist after he was attacked […]
Claim: An image of a mass gathering in Lahore, Pakistan, is being shared on social media platforms with the claim that it shows a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rally that took place on April 21, 2022, following Imran Khan’s ouster. The Minar-e-Pakistan monument can be seen in the foreground of the photograph shrouded in green light. […]
Claim: A viral video shows people chanting “You’re a thief!” at Pakistani Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif during his visit to a Ramzan bazaar in Lahore. Fact: No one chanted “You’re a thief” during Sharif’s visit; the chants have been edited into the video. On 24 April 2022, Twitter user @DrErfanOmar tweeted a video showing PM […]