Claim: A vehicle riddled with bullets is evidence of state authorities’ firing on the PTI protesters during the November 2024 demonstrations in Islamabad, according to a viral video. Fact: The video has no connection to the PTI protest. It actually shows the aftermath of an attack by the militant group BLA on private security guards […]
Claim: A PTI protester in a shroud, apparently pretending to be dead, was photographed using a phone. Fact: The image does not show a PTI protester. The image, originally shared in 2022, shows a child dressed as a corpse for Halloween. On 23 November, X user @LegiMian shared an image (archive) of a shrouded person […]
Claim: Islamabad has been ranked the world’s “second most beautiful city”. Fact: There is no basis for the claim as no source, survey or data has been provided as justification. The claim appears to be based on a 2014 article on a now-defunct website and that, too, did not offer any statistics or survey results. […]