Claim: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Home Department issued a notification on 12 October 2026 ordering the identification and arrest of PTI workers across the province. Fact: The viral notification contains discrepancies when compared with authentic government correspondence and official records. An OpenAI verification result also proves that the document was generated using OpenAI tools. On 13 […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistan Army personnel deployed in Peshawar following the imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Fact: The footage was previously shared by a Syrian broadcaster in connection with clashes in Al-Hasakah, Syria. It does not show army deployment in Peshawar. On 12 October 2026, a 36-second Instagram reel posted […]
Claim: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif approved a 10-day Basant festival across Punjab from 29 January to 7 February 2027. Fact: The 10-day festival is scheduled for Lahore, not across Punjab. Several social media posts, including a Facebook post by Business Bytes Pakistan, claims Punjab’s CM Maryam approved a 10-day Basant festival across the […]
Claim: Images are being circulated of Daanish School student Khansa Noorin. Fact: OpenAI and Google verification tools linked the photos to AI generation or editing. Whether genuine photographs of Khansa were used to create them remains unclear. On 30 September 2026, Facebook page Taunsa News shared a black-and-white photo alongside a post about Khansa Noorin, […]
Claim: Private jets were found hidden inside a warehouse near Chaman, Balochistan. Fact: The video is AI-generated and does not show real aircraft. Google’s Gemini detected an embedded SynthID watermark in the visuals, while forensic tools FauxLens and HiveDetect also assessed that the footage is AI-generated On 6 September 2026, the Facebook page Upstein shared […]
Claim: Mobile and internet services across Punjab will be downgraded from 27 September. Fact: The Punjab Home Department’s request concerns specified locations in Rawalpindi and throughout Attock district, not Punjab as a whole. On 24 September 2026, a Facebook page called Sky News Urdu Pakistan (not associated with the UK’s Sky News) published a graphic […]
Claim: An image shows men using a wooden board to push aside a nail-studded shipping container ahead of a PTI protest. Fact: The image contains OpenAI provenance signals and is AI-generated. The Facebook version is a cropped and annotated derivative of the wider image. On 19 September 2026, a Facebook account named Shahid Isf Charsadda […]
Claim: Geo News reports that Shahid Afridi was appointed chief selector of Pakistan’s men’s cricket team in September 2026. Fact: The Geo News graphic is from December 2022, when the PCB appointed Afridi interim chief selector for the home series against New Zealand. The PCB has not announced a new appointment in September 2026. On […]
Claim: A video shows Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi announcing that a decision to create new provinces in Pakistan has been made. Fact: The clip contains footage from Naqvi’s 30 July 2026 address overlaid with synthetic audio. In the original video, Naqvi made no such announcement. On 8 August 2026, a Facebook page named Ronaq e […]
Claim: DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry warned that anyone obstructing the creation of new provinces would face severe consequences and told detractors not to interfere. Fact: The video is manipulated. The original clip is from a 31 July 2026 press conference, where Chaudhry said any administrative restructuring should reflect public opinion and proceed […]
Claim: A video shows an elephant rescuing a man during the 26 August 2026 floods in Nepal. Fact: The video was circulating online from as early as 9 August 2026, over two weeks before the floods struck Nepal. Separate analyses found indications of possible AI manipulation, but the video’s authenticity could not be conclusively established. […]
Claim: The State Bank of Pakistan issued a notification discontinuing the Rs 10 banknote from 1 September 2026. Fact: The Rs 10 banknote remains legal tender in Pakistan. SBP still lists it as current legal tender, and Soch Fact Check found no official notice withdrawing it from 1 September 2026. On 30 August 2026, Facebook […]