Claim: Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz laid the foundation stone for Pakistan’s first government-run school catering to children with autism. Fact: This school catering to children with autism is the first one to be launched in Punjab, not Pakistan. Between 4 and 5 October 2024, a number of news sources including The Express Tribune, […]
Claim: A video shows the body of a boy who was killed by the police during the protests over an alleged rape incident at a Punjab Group of Colleges campus. Fact: The clip is authentic but unrelated to the protests. It shows a student who was shot dead in Alipur Chattha by a boy of […]
Claim: Arshad Nadeem hugged Maryam Nawaz when she visited the athlete’s residence to congratulate him on his victory in the 2024 Olympics. Fact: A video purportedly showing Nadeem hugging Maryam Nawaz is doctored. A video shared on Facebook shows Olympic javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem hugging PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz. The clip has since been shared across […]
Claim: A video shows Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari kissing a man. Fact: The video is doctored; Bokhari’s face was superimposed onto an unrelated video of two people who have not been identified. On 25 July 2024, YouTube channel Roaster Boy 💀 posted (archive) a video allegedly showing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and Punjab’s […]
Claim: A photo depicts a stream of blood in a residential area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, likely after Eid-ul-Azha this year. Fact: The photo is old, and previously surfaced on social media in 2022. There is no credible evidence to suggest that the image is from KP. Fact or Fiction? On 21 June 2024, X (formerly […]
Trigger Warning: This story contains graphic photos and videos of violence and murder. Readers are advised to open links at their own discretion. Claim: Photo shows the owner of a camel, whose right leg was recently chopped off in Sanghar, Sindh, has been killed. Fact: The photo actually shows the dead body of a man […]
Claim: Pakistan Interior Minister Mohsin Raza Naqvi has been appointed the principal of Aitchison College. Fact: The claim is not true as it is based on a satirical report. On 27 March 2024, Facebook user ‘Shahid Zulfiqar’ posted the visual of a news report claiming that the interior minister of Pakistan, Mohsin Raza Naqvi, has […]
Claim: Punjab Police has assaulted a group of women waiting in a line to get flour during the rule of Punjab’s new chief minister, Maryam Nawaz Sharif. Fact: The video is not recent and, therefore, not linked to the time period Maryam Nawaz has been serving as the chief minister of Punjab. It is, in […]
Claim: The newly elected Chief Minister of Punjab, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, has suspended the 800,000 arms licenses issued throughout the province. Fact: Maryam Nawaz has not suspended 800,000 arms licences in Punjab, according to the Chief Minister’s spokesperson. On 27 February 2024, several social media users, as well as news channels, such as ARY News […]
Claim: Aurat March Lahore has called PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s appointment as Punjab’s first female chief minister, “an insult to all hard-working Pakistani women, who actually work to earn a position in life”. Fact: Aurat March Lahore did not tweet such a statement. The tweet that has been falsely attributed to them was actually made […]
Claim: The Government of Punjab announced that all educational institutions will remain closed from 25 January to 28 January 2024. Fact: Educational institutions are to remain open since no formal government notification was issued. On 24 January 2024, news started to spread that all educational institutions in Punjab have been recommended to close from 25 […]
Claim: A video shows singer Muhammad Ashraf Malik, also commonly known as Malkoo, under arrest after performing at a concert in Sargodha. Fact: The singer was not arrested, but was in fact escorted out of the venue by the Sargodha Police. Fact or Fiction? On 14 December 2023, X (formerly Twitter) user Shakir Mehmood Awan […]