Claim: A video shows a Pakistan Army soldier grabbing a man and yelling at him for spreading terrorism in Pakistan with the help of India. Fact: The clip is AI-generated. On 5 December, a Facebook user posted a video (archive) apparently showing a Pakistan Army soldier grabbing a man, and shouting [translated from Urdu to […]
Claim: A video shows a donkey entering the parliament of Pakistan. Fact: The clip is fake and is likely AI-generated. Several users shared a video purportedly showing a donkey entering the parliament of Pakistan. In one instance, a user shared this footage on 7 December 2025, claiming it was shared by Al Jazeera. Fact or […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistanis celebrating the Bondi Beach shooting. Fact: The clip is old and shows an event organised in October 2023 by the Imamia Students Organisation, a right-wing Shia student group. On 15 December, an X user posted a video (archive) purportedly showing Pakistanis celebrating the Bondi Beach mass killing in Sydney, Australia. […]
Claim: An image shows a Pakistani man named Naveed Akram, who is one of the suspects in the Bondi Beach shooting. Fact: The image shows a man named Naveed Akram, who is the namesake of the suspect in the Bondi Beach shooting. It does not show the actual suspect, who was injured and hospitalised and […]
Claim: A video shows the National Resistance Front (NRF) attacking the Taliban in the Afghan province of Panjshir in December 2025. Fact: The video is old and was published by news organisations as early as September 2021. On 10 December, an X user posted a video (archive) that apparently showed National Resistance Forces of Afghanistan […]
Additional reporting: Sidra Dar Map visual: Fizza Qureshi Video editor: Muhammad Abid 💡 Claim: Shortly after heavy rainfall in August, federal minister and owner of Park View City Aleem Khan said water “did not breach” the residential society in Lahore at any point. Everything was “safe” and people were “not forced to relocate”, he added. […]
Claim: A video shows Aleema Khan calling Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir a radicalised Islamist who wants a war with India, during an interview with Yalda Hakim of Sky News. Fact: The clip is doctored. Moreover, Yalda Hakim refuted the claim, saying it was a deepfake. On 3 December, an X user that Soch […]
Claim: A video shows scenes after Pakistan conducted airstrikes in Spin Boldak during last month’s clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan. Fact: This video is old and likely depicts scenes from a mass funeral following an earthquake in Afghanistan in October 2023. On 21 October, a Facebook user posted a video (archive) that apparently showed the […]
Claim: A video shows a derailed Jaffar Express, which was targeted and ambushed by Baloch separatist fighters in the Nasirabad district of Balochistan in November 2025. Fact: The video shows a Jaffar Express targeted in September 2025 when a bomb blast derailed the train in the Mastung district of Balochistan. On 16 November, an X […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistan Army soldiers under attack by ‘Baloch and Pashtun fighters’ in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in November 2025. Fact: The clip is old and has been online since at least December 2023. On 17 November, an X user that Soch Fact Check has fact-checked several times in the past, posted a […]
Claim: A video shows police cracking down on PTI supporters outside Adiala jail, where Imran Khan is jailed. Fact: The clip is at least a year old and therefore unrelated to the recent protests by PTI supporters outside Adiala jail. On 26 November, an X user posted a clip (archive) claiming it shows the police […]
Claim: A video shows the police manhandling Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi outside Adiala jail in November 2025. Fact: The video is not connected to the recent protests as it appeared online in May 2025. In November 2025, X users posted a video apparently showing police beating up the Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, […]