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Facebook posts claiming Russian President Vladimir Putin has converted Moscow’s Cathedral Church into a Mosque are false

Posts falsely attribute quote to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Clickbait headline wrongly portrays MNA’s resolution on CNICs as having been passed

Reports wrongly state co-education banned in Chakwal after notification withdrawn

Misleading report misrepresents Ahsan Iqbal’s comment about CSS exam

Posts falsely claim photo shows world’s first transparent car made by Germany

Local outlets publish misleading reports about UK bank transferring money to Pakistani accounts

Election Commission of Pakistan has not canceled party registration of Jamaat-e-Islami

Bogus post claims OIC expelled Imran Khan for condemning temple construction in India

Newsweek did not publish a cover declaring Pakistan the ‘most intolerant nation’

PM Imran Khan did not fall from an elevator or suffer spinal cord fracture

Reports wrongly claim billionaire gave antiquities worth $70 million to Pakistan

No, crows do not hold courts, nor do they have a criminal justice system

Viral comment by Imran Khan on human rights, women’s rights misrepresented

Newsweek cover terming Pakistan the ‘most dangerous nation’ is from 2007

Pakistan’s divorce rate has not hit an all-time high

Viral posts attribute fabricated comment demeaning South Asians to Spotify CEO

Misleading report claims Shoaib Akhtar is having his leg replaced

Posts wrongly claim video depicts Pakistani soldiers fighting in Siachen

This is not an Image of an Italian singer selling her bra

Viral video of ‘magic’ stone melting iron nails is actually gallium at high temp

Visa-free entry for Pakistanis into Belarus comes with prerequisites

EIU food security data cherry-picked to show ruling PTI in positive light

Bogus gas supply schedule makes rounds on social media

Imran Khan was not summoned by the Supreme Court because of government negotiations with the TTP

Ricky Ponting did not say “Money can’t buy success”

Misleading post wrongly claims YouTube is removing the ‘dislike’ button

Posts claiming State Bank of Pakistan to introduce newly designed currency notes are false

Tortoise in viral image is not world’s oldest known land animal Jonathan

National Savings has not announced any ‘good news’ for elderly pensioners

Reports claiming Pakistan is the fourth most expensive country in the world are misleading

Forced marriage involving underage boy wrongly reported as new incident

Giant Tanzanian tree in viral photo is not the oldest in the world

STATE BANK OF PAKISTAN IS NOT DISCONTINUING PKR 5,000 NOTE

Misleading headline being used as clickbait ahead of Diwali

Reports detailing recent anti-trans incident are misleading

Misleading articles falsely claim that mobile phones attract lightning

Article claiming that a bigger age gap leads to a longer marriage is misleading

Consuming giloy plant does not prevent disease for 80 years

The world’s biggest snake was not caught in Florida

Bollywood movie star Shah Rukh Khan did not come to Pakistan after Indian cricket team’s loss in the T20 World Cup

‘The Economist’ cover featuring Imran Khan is fake

General Mobin of the Afghan Taliban did say the Afghan team will not be allowed to play again if they use the Afghan national flag

Crumbling grave in photo is not Liaquat Ali Khan’s final resting place

Posts falsely allege artist’s work is clip of Hurricane Shaheen

Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan did not die because of the lack of empathy of Pakistanis

Reports about NADRA allowing women to retain their surnames after marriage are misleading. Here’s what’s really changed

Sensational news pieces wrongly claim people can get free petrol in Pakistan

Lt. General Asif Ghafoor is not being appointed Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence
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Afghan Taliban have not confirmed the death of their supreme leader Haibatullah Akhunzada

Fawad Chaudhry did in fact call nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan a “fake hero” on Twitter in 2012

Raheel Sharif, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Military Counter Terror Coalition (IMCTC), has not been appointed as Newcastle United’s manager

Screaming man in fiery car crash is not Swedish artist Lars Vilks

Website falsely claimed that petroleum prices will fall significantly by 15 October 2021

Videos watched by millions perpetuate false and dangerous claims about Kalasha people

Website falsely claims that a Takfiri gathering was held in Islamabad under government patronage

Viral screenshot showing PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz praising Imran Khan is fake

Junaid Safdar was not named in the Pandora Papers

Mansha Pasha is not in the hospital

The Government has not banned the Sinopharm and Moderna vaccines

Butt Karahi was sealed for SOP violations, not for serving dead chickens

Doctored image falsely shows Pakistan Army’s ex-spokesperson with Taliban chief

Former Indian Army officers bolster propaganda about Pakistan’s involvement in Afghanistan

Kane Williamson did not call cancellation of New Zealand’s Pakistan tour “shameful”

Old photo of Pakistani jet from Miawali shared as Panjshir crash

Alleged video of Pakistani drone in Panjshir is actually video game screen recording

Video from Wales shared as footage of Pakistani plane in Afghanistan

Zahir Jaffer has not been declared guilty in Noor Mukadam’s murder case

Ayesha Akram did not speak to Imran Khan during live broadcast

Punjab has not banned entry of TikTokers and YouTubers in parks … yet

Zahir Jaffer was seeing clients at Therapy Works as recently as 2019

Pakistani tabloid falsely claims Fatima Bhutto supports Zahir Jaffer

No, a BTS fan did not play ‘Dynamite’ on mosque’s loudspeakers instead of Azaan

SFX artist’s sculpture passed off as werewolf in Pakistan

Karachi’s Expo Centre experiencing shortage of only two vaccines

Fawad Chaudhry did not call for governor’s rule in Sindh

Case of forced conversion, abuse of minor Christian girl debunked

CM Sindh announced salary suspension for unvaccinated government employees

Bill proposing mandatory marriage at 18 years not tabled in Sindh Assembly yet

Ehsaas vs. BISP: Two Sides To The Story

Punjab has not disallowed art, computer studies etc.

Video showing Saad Rizvi being welcomed is old

New Zealand and India are not the first countries to mandate paid leave after miscarriages

Europe Has Not Stopped Using Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine

No, banners or slogans at Aurat March were not blasphemous

No, ECP was not directed to print traceable ballots. Here’s everything you need to know.

Mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara has not been found

Private schools can’t use just any textbooks in line with Single National Curriculum

Pakistan has not approved Chinese vaccine with 50% efficacy

Sindh govt lifts outdoor dining curfew

No, Trump has not been removed from his office of US President

No evidence to suggest Covid vaccine impacts male fertility

Bilawal, Zardari not invited to Biden’s inauguration

Interior Ministry complaint alleging Nighat Dad’s misuse of Digital Rights Foundation funds is misleading

No, chemical castration won’t deter sexual violence

Case against Babar Azam has not been dismissed

No, Meesha Shafi has not been found guilty of running a smear campaign against Ali Zafar

Crowd size at PDM’s Lahore rally

Shehla Raza posts photo of Khadim Rizvi’s funeral instead of Lahore PDM Rally

Arzoo Raja’s abuser charged with rape

Politics

Posts falsely attribute quote to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Clickbait headline wrongly portrays MNA’s resolution on CNICs as having been passed

Misleading report misrepresents Ahsan Iqbal’s comment about CSS exam

Election Commission of Pakistan has not canceled party registration of Jamaat-e-Islami

This is not an Image of an Italian singer selling her bra

Imran Khan was not summoned by the Supreme Court because of government negotiations with the TTP

Posts claiming State Bank of Pakistan to introduce newly designed currency notes are false

Reports claiming Pakistan is the fourth most expensive country in the world are misleading

‘The Economist’ cover featuring Imran Khan is fake

General Mobin of the Afghan Taliban did say the Afghan team will not be allowed to play again if they use the Afghan national flag

Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan did not die because of the lack of empathy of Pakistanis

Lt. General Asif Ghafoor is not being appointed Director General of the Inter-Services Intelligence
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Afghan Taliban have not confirmed the death of their supreme leader Haibatullah Akhunzada

Fawad Chaudhry did in fact call nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan a “fake hero” on Twitter in 2012

Raheel Sharif, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Military Counter Terror Coalition (IMCTC), has not been appointed as Newcastle United’s manager

Screaming man in fiery car crash is not Swedish artist Lars Vilks

Website falsely claims that a Takfiri gathering was held in Islamabad under government patronage

Viral screenshot showing PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz praising Imran Khan is fake

Doctored image falsely shows Pakistan Army’s ex-spokesperson with Taliban chief

Former Indian Army officers bolster propaganda about Pakistan’s involvement in Afghanistan

Old photo of Pakistani jet from Miawali shared as Panjshir crash

Alleged video of Pakistani drone in Panjshir is actually video game screen recording

Video from Wales shared as footage of Pakistani plane in Afghanistan

Punjab has not banned entry of TikTokers and YouTubers in parks … yet

Pakistani tabloid falsely claims Fatima Bhutto supports Zahir Jaffer

Karachi’s Expo Centre experiencing shortage of only two vaccines

Fawad Chaudhry did not call for governor’s rule in Sindh

Case of forced conversion, abuse of minor Christian girl debunked

CM Sindh announced salary suspension for unvaccinated government employees

Bill proposing mandatory marriage at 18 years not tabled in Sindh Assembly yet

Ehsaas vs. BISP: Two Sides To The Story

Punjab has not disallowed art, computer studies etc.

Video showing Saad Rizvi being welcomed is old

New Zealand and India are not the first countries to mandate paid leave after miscarriages

No, banners or slogans at Aurat March were not blasphemous

No, ECP was not directed to print traceable ballots. Here’s everything you need to know.

Private schools can’t use just any textbooks in line with Single National Curriculum

Sindh govt lifts outdoor dining curfew

No, Trump has not been removed from his office of US President

Bilawal, Zardari not invited to Biden’s inauguration

Interior Ministry complaint alleging Nighat Dad’s misuse of Digital Rights Foundation funds is misleading

No, chemical castration won’t deter sexual violence

Crowd size at PDM’s Lahore rally

Shehla Raza posts photo of Khadim Rizvi’s funeral instead of Lahore PDM Rally

Arzoo Raja’s abuser charged with rape

TLP leader Khadim Rizvi has indeed passed away

PM Khan’s statement after meeting with Bosnian President taken out of context

Pro-Modi slogans were not raised in Pakistani parliament

WhatsApp message is old, no recent Covid-19 outbreaks in South City, Imtiaz, Chase Up

No, dowry has not been banned in Pakistan

Indian reports of ‘civil war’ in Karachi are false

Indian flag not raised at PDM rally

Bilawal measures eggs in dozens, not kilos

PTI’s Najeeb Haroon resigned long before the Gujranwala rally

Maryam Nawaz is not lying about Shahbaz’s father

Picture of Fazal ur Rahman with alcohol is doctored

Public hanging during Zia’s regime did not eliminate rape

Pakistan reports highest daily increase in Covid cases in 5 weeks

Photo of Nawaz Sharif meeting Israeli Ambassador is doctored

Pakistan Army does not have a zero-percent suicide rate

PM Khan has not issued statement about CCPO’s conduct after motorway incident, says PTI

PPP flag doctored onto KMC building

Video showing bulldozer and dumper dewatering a street in Karachi is actually from Baghdad, Iraq

Video claiming six indian troops were killed near India-China LAC is actually from Kashmir

Viral video depicting submarine in Karachi’s flooded streets proven false

Viral video of crocodile in flooded Karachi street actually from India

All hotels in Naran, Kaghan and Shogran have not been sealed

Indian flag was not raised in Balochistan

PPP senator shares image of India, claims it’s Thar

Viral video of mob uprooting saplings falsely deemed as religiously motivated

Viral video tweeted by PPP senator claiming the media uses old footage of floods to defame the government is doctored.

Men cannot remarry without permission from first wife

Government is not reducing retirement age or cutting pensions

Fact checking Bilawal Bhutto’s National Assembly speech

Fact-checking Zartaj Gul’s Interview on PTV News

No, half of UK’s imported Covid-19 cases not from Pakistan

WhatsApp rumours are false, Covid-19 is not a bacteria

Quetta bus fire reports on social media are false, images and videos taken out of context

Government notification suspending poultry production is fake

Fact Checking Imran Khan’s Latest Covid-19 Speech

Mouldy mall pictures are from Malaysia, not Pakistan

Notification ordering liquor shops in Islamabad to reopen is fake

Video claiming Punjab Chowrangi seal-off in Karachi is actually from Islamabad

CM Murad Ali Shah has not been ranked ‘4th best Covid-19 responder’

Suspected coronavirus cases at LUMS have all tested negative

7 doctored Aurat March posters

Old image resurfaces as women’s day Haya March

Aga Khan University Rejects Reports of 745 Coronavirus Cases

Viral Stories About Locust Eating Duck Army From China Debunked

Old video of Chinese president visiting a mosque resurfaces during coronavirus outbreak

FBR Chairman Shabbar Zaidi has not resigned… yet.

The Pakistan Embassy is Not Taking Adequate Responsibility for Pakistani Students Stranded in China

Fact Checking Four Claims About the Teen Hatti Fire

Weekend Remains Saturday and Sunday, ZSN News isn’t Even a Real Channel

Clip Apparently Showing Qassem Soleimani Assassination is Actually From a Video Game

Arman Loni was a Natural-Born Pakistani Citizen, Not an Afghan Refugee

Video of Woman Yelling at Polio Worker Actually From Movie ‘Load Wedding’

183 Arsonists were not Charged for Starting Bushfires in Australia

Video Depicting Assault and Kidnapping Incorrectly Labelled as Anti-Hindu Hate Crime in Pakistan

Viral Video Depicting Iranian Airstrikes is Fake: Picture and Video Sourced from Other Conflicts

Science

Misleading report claims Shoaib Akhtar is having his leg replaced

Viral video of ‘magic’ stone melting iron nails is actually gallium at high temp

Misleading post wrongly claims YouTube is removing the ‘dislike’ button

Misleading articles falsely claim that mobile phones attract lightning

Article claiming that a bigger age gap leads to a longer marriage is misleading

The world’s biggest snake was not caught in Florida

The Government has not banned the Sinopharm and Moderna vaccines

Europe Has Not Stopped Using Oxford-AstraZeneca Vaccine

Pakistan has not approved Chinese vaccine with 50% efficacy

No evidence to suggest Covid vaccine impacts male fertility

WhatsApp message is old, no recent Covid-19 outbreaks in South City, Imtiaz, Chase Up

Eating locusts won’t save us from Covid-19

Reports about new bubonic plague case in China are misleading

Street fumigation is not an effective Covid-19 prevention method
Covid 19 cannot spread by fumes from cremation

Covid-19 cannot spread by fumes from cremation

Ozone layer repaired, but not because of Covid-19 lockdown

Walk-through disinfection gates do nothing to prevent Covid-19

Yes, you should be covering your face

Can deliveries, food and bank notes give you coronavirus?

You could be spreading coronavirus without realising you have it

Not enough evidence to say people with type A blood more likely to catch coronavirus

Yes, coronavirus can be transmitted in hot weather

Warm water, salt and vinegar won’t keep you safe from coronavirus

No coronavirus cases have been confirmed in Badin

Do you need a mask to protect yourself from coronavirus?

Pakistan’s First Coronavirus Patient Not Discharged

Pakistan’s First Two Coronavirus Cases Confirmed: Zafar Mirza

Pakistan Has Not Developed A Cure For Coronavirus, But News Outlets Can’t Stop Claiming We Have

Garlic Water has its Benefits, Curing Coronavirus is Not One of Them

Fact Checking Information about the 2019 Coronavirus Outbreak

Karachiites may be shivering, but it’s not the coldest day yet!

Viral Video Depicting Firefighters Celebrating Heavy Rainfall in Australia is Old News

Culture

Facebook posts claiming Russian President Vladimir Putin has converted Moscow’s Cathedral Church into a Mosque are false

Posts falsely attribute quote to Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Reports wrongly state co-education banned in Chakwal after notification withdrawn

Pakistan’s divorce rate has not hit an all-time high

Viral posts attribute fabricated comment demeaning South Asians to Spotify CEO

Posts wrongly claim video depicts Pakistani soldiers fighting in Siachen

This is not an Image of an Italian singer selling her bra

Ricky Ponting did not say “Money can’t buy success”

Misleading headline being used as clickbait ahead of Diwali

Reports detailing recent anti-trans incident are misleading

Consuming giloy plant does not prevent disease for 80 years

Crumbling grave in photo is not Liaquat Ali Khan’s final resting place

Posts falsely allege artist’s work is clip of Hurricane Shaheen

Reports about NADRA allowing women to retain their surnames after marriage are misleading. Here’s what’s really changed

Sensational news pieces wrongly claim people can get free petrol in Pakistan

Raheel Sharif, the Commander-in-Chief of the Islamic Military Counter Terror Coalition (IMCTC), has not been appointed as Newcastle United’s manager

Website falsely claimed that petroleum prices will fall significantly by 15 October 2021

Videos watched by millions perpetuate false and dangerous claims about Kalasha people

Mansha Pasha is not in the hospital

Butt Karahi was sealed for SOP violations, not for serving dead chickens

Kane Williamson did not call cancellation of New Zealand’s Pakistan tour “shameful”

Zahir Jaffer has not been declared guilty in Noor Mukadam’s murder case

Ayesha Akram did not speak to Imran Khan during live broadcast

Punjab has not banned entry of TikTokers and YouTubers in parks … yet

Zahir Jaffer was seeing clients at Therapy Works as recently as 2019

No, a BTS fan did not play ‘Dynamite’ on mosque’s loudspeakers instead of Azaan

SFX artist’s sculpture passed off as werewolf in Pakistan

Mountaineer Muhammad Ali Sadpara has not been found

Case against Babar Azam has not been dismissed

No, Meesha Shafi has not been found guilty of running a smear campaign against Ali Zafar

Lahore University of Management Sciences University?
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