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Qatar

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Claim: Qatar’s ruling Emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has threatened to cut off the world’s natural gas supply if Israel does not stop bombing Gaza.  Fact: An old clip of the Emir’s speech from the Doha Forum 2017 is being misrepresented but Thani did not issue any threats to cut off the supply […]

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Claim: Federal Minister for Finance and Revenue Ishaq Dar was in Qatar on 25 January. Fact: While Dar had flown to Doha to meet with his Qatari counterpart, he was back in the country on 25 January.  On 25 January, economist and writer Yousuf Nazar tweeted that he believed Pakistan’s finance minister Ishaq Dar was […]

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Claim: A video shows a cat invading the field and scoring a goal during a 2022 FIFA World Cup match in Qatar. Fact: The clip is not real. The cat’s guardian confirmed to Soch Fact Check that they edited and created the footage in 2019. On 16 December 2022, Facebook page ‘ʙᴀʏᴇᴢɪᴅ ᴜᴘᴅᴀᴛᴇ ᴠʟᴏɢ’ posted […]

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Claim: A video shows a 70-year-old Pakistani man travelling by foot to attend the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Fact: The elderly backpacker is actually a supporter of former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and was jogging to join the Haqeeqi Azadi March from Lahore to Islamabad. The clip has no […]

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Claim: The Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA), or the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic, has or is set to issue banknotes featuring the face of Argentine professional footballer Lionel Messi following the victory of the country’s national team in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Fact: The press department of the […]

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Claim: An official advertisement from the Government of Pakistan government’s says, “Dear world, thank you for playing with our balls.” Fact: A humorous image from 2018 recently reappeared online with user’sfalsely claiming it is  the Pakistan government’s official advertisement for the FIFA 2022 World Cup, held in Qatar. From 19 November, an image was shared […]

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Claim: Four people have converted to Islam after a lecture by Indian Islamic televangelist Dr Zakir Naik during FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar. Fact: The incident took place in 2016, not during the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. On 22 November 2022, Soch Fact Check received an image of Muslim televangelist Dr Zakir […]

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Claim: A video shared on social media apparently shows a Quran recital at the opening ceremony of the Qatar World Cup at the Al Bayt Stadium. Fact: The claim is false. The video is from 2021 from the official inauguration ceremony of the Al Thumama World Cup Stadium in Qatar. On 21 November 2022, a […]

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