Claim: Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz has decided to give Rs 700,000 in aid to every low income household in Punjab.
Fact: The reel is dubbed with AI-generated audio.
On 16 April, a Facebook user posted a reel in which a news anchor is claiming that the Chief Minister of Punjab has decided to give Rs 700,000 in aid to every low-income household in Punjab, Pakistan.
The on-screen text shows the logo of ARY News. The words “Breaking News” appear on the screen in English and Urdu. Secondly, the audio only mentions Benazir Income Support Programme, but the text on the screen says “Ehsaas Imdad Programme” and asks users to apply with their “mobile”.
The caption of the reel reads, “Ehsaas Imdad Programe Update |Cm Relief Package Update| #fypシ゚viralシ #fypviralシ #fyp #viral #foryou #fypageシ #fypシ #tiktok”.
The audio which is in Urdu, translates to,
“Maryam Nawaz has decided to give Rs 700,000 in aid to every poor family in Punjab. This aid is from Benazir Income Support Programme. To apply, type PakAlljob.com in Google. Check the spelling thoroughly. Click on the first link. You will find the link to apply below and do repost this video by going on share. Thank you”.
This video was posted by a Facebook user whose profile contains very similar content posted on different days. These videos show different news anchors, however, they all contain the same audio.
This clip shows the news anchors saying:
[Translated from Urdu to English:
Speaker 1: Let us give you important news, let us give you big news. Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has decided to give the public big good news.
Speaker 2: After Rs 13,000, now an announcement has been made to give Rs 400,000 in aid. Yes Saima, please tell us how to apply.
Speaker 3: To apply, type in Google, PakAlljob.com. Look at the spelling thoroughly. Click on the first link, below you will find the link where you can apply. And do repost this video by going on share. Thank you.]
Fact or Fiction?
When Soch Fact Check investigated, we did not find any credible news reports about Maryam Nawaz making such an announcement.
Moreover, the website – http://PakAlljob.com – is not associated with any government body. This website also does not have any proper contact details. Only one email address: akhternadeem537@gmail.com, can be seen on the contact page, and it is not an official government email. On the other hand, the official website of the Benazir Income Support Programme has a helpline and extensions to contact relevant officials.
Further, Soch Fact Check fact-checked a similar video in November 2026, in which the audio was found to be dubbed.
That video also contained clips of an ARY News anchor with mismatched audio.
The Facebook user who posted the video, also uploaded several similar video clips with the same or similar audio as in the video being fact-checked.
Other than this, we ran the video through Hive Moderation, a tool that detects whether the video is AI-generated or not.
A screenshot of the video result from Hive Moderation.
According to the result, the audio of the video being fact-checked has 99.1% likely to have AI-generated speech, while there is a 62.9% chance of the video being AI-generated.
We also used DeepFake-O-Meter to check whether the video is digitally manipulated or not.
A screenshot of the video result from DeepFake-O-Meter.
As per the detectors:
- AVSRDD (2025) gave a 99.9% result for the video being fake. It stands for Audio-Visual Speech Representation Deepfake Detection. This detector checks if the subject is real by checking the coordination between their voice and lip movement.
- AltFreezing (2023) showed a likelihood of 98.5%. This one looks for unnatural textures in the frame and glitches.
- LIPINC (2024) too showed a result of 100%. It stands for LIP-syncing detection based on mouth inconsistency. This one mainly focuses on even the slightest movements of a person’s mouth to see if they look natural or robotic.
Based on our analysis of the video, the lack of credible reporting on the claim, and results from the AI-detection tools, Soch Fact Check concludes that the video is dubbed with AI-generated speech.
The Benazir Income Support Programme
About the Benazir Income Support Programme, it was launched by the Pakistani government in July 2008, aiming to provide cash to low income households of the country.
On the other hand the Ehsaas program was launched in March 2019 by then prime minister of Pakistan Imran Khan. The only recent development under the Benazir Income Support Programme was made in February 2026 when the decision was made to payout Rs13,000 to eligible families. There is no development that says Rs700,000 would be provided to low income families in Punjab or any other province of Pakistan.
Virality
The video with same or similar dubbed audio can be found posted here, here, here, here, here and here.
On Instagram, it can be found here, while on TikTok it was posted here.
The caption of the video that this article fact-checks was also used with other videos, offering aid in different forms. Same or similar captions can be found with videos here, here, here and here. This seems to be the standard format for a specific type of scam.
Conclusion: The Chief Minister of Punjab did not decide to give Rs700,000 in aid to low income families in the province.
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