Claim: The Cabinet Division has ordered the deployment of 23,500 police personnel from different provinces to Islamabad.
Fact: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting debunked the notification as fake. Two AI detection tools flag the text as likely AI-generated.
On 13 September 2026, an account on X named Iram (Summan) Dar shared a notification by the Cabinet Division. It mentioned an order for provincial governments to deploy their police personnel to Islamabad for “security” related reasons. The document surfaced ahead of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf’s (PTI) march in the city, on 27 September.
The caption of the post reads:
🚨 بریکنگ نیوز | اسلام آباد میں بڑے سکیورٹی انتظامات”
اسلام آباد میں سکیورٹی انتظامات کے لیے دوسرے صوبوں سے 23 ہزار 500 پولیس اہلکار طلب کر لیے گئے۔
🔹 پنجاب سے 15 ہزار
🔹 سندھ سے 8 ہزار
“🔹 بلوچستان سے 500 اہلکار طلب کیے گئے ہیں۔
[Translation: “🚨 Breaking News | Major security arrangements in Islamabad
23,500 police personnel have been summoned from other provinces for security arrangements in Islamabad.
🔹 15,000 from Punjab
🔹 8,000 from Sindh
🔹 500 personnel from Balochistan”.]
Measures taken ahead of PTI protest
Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) announced a nationwide protest, including a march towards Islamabad on 27 September 2026, to demand the release of party founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan and, according to the party, mobilise supporters for the “supremacy of the Constitution”. PTI described the planned demonstration as peaceful, while federal and provincial authorities began making security and law-and-order preparations several weeks before the protest.
The preparations extended beyond roadblocks. Islamabad police’s anti-riot unit was instructed to audit its equipment and seek additional supplies, including long- and short-range tear gas shells and tear gas guns.
The Islamabad High Court also issued directions concerning the planned protest. In an order announced on 14 September and detailed later that week, the court held that political parties and their leadership could not occupy roads, highways, interchanges, toll plazas, or public buildings in a way that obstructed citizens’ movement, business activity, or access to hospitals and educational institutions. The court also directed provincial governments not to use public funds, officials, vehicles, machinery, or other government resources to facilitate the march, according to Dawn’s report on the ruling.
Imran Khan’s family, supporters detained
Authorities also made arrests and detention ahead of 27 September. On 20 September, the Lahore deputy commissioner ordered the detention of Imran Khan’s sister Aleema Khan for 30 days under the Maintenance of Public Order Ordinance. Police sources told Dawn that she was taken to Kot Lakhpat Jail.
The following day, Imran’s other sisters, Dr Uzma Khan and Noreen Niazi, were also detained under the same law. PTI and Imran’s son Kasim Khan alleged that several other family members had also been taken into custody. Kasim wrote on X that Uzma, Noreen, and his cousins Shershah and Shahrez had been taken away “with no explanation”.
Amnesty International said on 21 September that the targeting of Imran’s family and PTI activists was a “flagrant violation of their rights to liberty, freedom of expression, association and peaceful assembly”, and called for the immediate release of his relatives and PTI workers. Amnesty also noted that the arrests came ahead of the planned 27 September protests and warned that “a protest cannot be deemed violent before it has even started.
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check conducted a keyword search of “cabinet division notification for provincial police deployment” that led to an article by Dawn, titled ‘No police sought from provinces: govt’. On 15 September, the outlet reported that the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (MoIB) has clarified that no such directives have been issued.
The ministry’s fact-checking account on X also shared the notification with a stamp of ‘FAKE’. The caption reads:
جعلی خبر سے خبردار!”
سوشل میڈیا پر وفاقی حکومت کی جانب سے پنجاب، سندھ اور بلوچستان سے پولیس اہلکاروں کی اسلام آباد تعیناتی سے متعلق گردش کرنے والا نوٹیفکیشن جعلی اور گمراہ کن ہے۔
عوام الناس سے گزارش ہے کہ جعلی خبروں اور غیر مصدقہ اطلاعات سے محتاط رہیں اور ایسی معلومات کو آگے پھیلانے سے گریز کریں۔
[Translation: “Beware of Fake News!
The notification circulating on social media regarding the deployment of police personnel from Punjab, Sindh, and Balochistan to Islamabad by the federal government is fake and misleading.
The general public is requested to remain cautious of fake news and unverified information and to refrain from spreading such information further.”]
An official working for the media cell of Central Police Office, Punjab also confirmed to Soch Fact Check, under the condition of anonymity, that the notification is fake.
Since the MoIB and a CPO official debunked the notification, Soch Fact Check decided to run the text through a few AI detection tools to see if the excerpt was written with the help of AI. AI or Not, which is developed by Bioptic, an American tech company founded by former Google product director Andrey Doronichev, concluded that the text is “1% likely real”.
Result by AI or Not.
We also ran the text through an online writing platform named Humalingo that helps humanise AI-written text. It is run by a company based in Lithuania called KrivisAI. It gave the text a score of 94% AI and 6% human.
Result by Humalingo.
The tool further stated that the text has an “AI-like tone, repetitive phrasing, uneven rhythm, potential plagiarism and low readability.”
While it is possible that extra personnel have been deployed to Islamabad, the clarification from MoIB and a CPO official, as well as results from AI detection tools, confirm that this specific notification ordering the deployment of 23,500 police personnel from different provinces is fake and likely AI-generated.
Virality
Soch Fact Check first came across the viral notification on X with as many 2,720 views.
Several news outlets like Times of Karachi, The News, 24 News HD and Urdu Point and GTV Network also reported on the fake notification.
Several news outlets reported on the fake notification.
Conclusion: The viral notification by the Cabinet Division ordering the deployment of 23,500 police personnel from different provinces to Islamabad is fake. The MoIB has debunked the notification as false news whereas AI detection tools have flagged the text of the document as likely AI-generated.
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