Areeba Fatima

Areeba Fatima is a senior fact-checker and investigative reporter. She studied Anthropology at Lahore University of Management Sciences. She has also worked with Fact Focus on an Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project (OCCRP) investigation, the Suisse Secrets. She loves working with large datasets to extract meaningful information. She is interested in internet governance, financial crime, political corruption and emerging technologies.

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Claim: The Sindh High Court has released culprits in Arzoo Raja abduction case, charges have been dismissed, as judge remarked that it is not a case of rape. Fact: Offence of Rape was declared and the court ordered the absconders to be arrested. On 13 October 2020, Arzoo Raja, a thirteen year-old Christian girl, was […]

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Claim: “Modi Modi” slogans were raised in favor of the indian Prime Minister during the 27th session of the National Assembly. Fact: Parliamentarians raised “voting voting” slogans in the 27th session of the National Assembly, and the slogans mentioning Modi were not in his support, but rather to denounce any allegiance to the Indian Prime […]

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