Claim: A video shows the Pakistan Army moving military equipment from Balochistan to the Indian border after the November 2025 blast in New Delhi. Fact: The video predates the November 2025 New Delhi blast and surfaced online as early as April 2025. On 12 November 2025, X (formerly Twitter) account @AsiaWarZone posted (archive) a video […]
Claim: A journalist named Motasem A Dalloul, who has been reporting from Gaza, is actually based in Poland, according to a post by the Foreign ministry of Israel that cited X’s new location feature. Fact: The Israeli foreign ministry’s claim is false. The journalist Motasem A Dalloul is not in Poland. Moreover, Soch Fact Check […]
Claim: Several Pakistani news casters are shown in a video, saying that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has announced the disbursement of the Benazir Income Support Programme (BISP) for beneficiaries in Punjab, including Lahore. The audio in the video further claims that after a PKR13,000 relief package was announced, Sharif announced a payout of PKR 400,000. […]
Claim: A video clip of a group of uniformed men is being shared across social media platforms, accompanied by captions that claim it features Pakistan Army personnel engaged in an exercise. Fact: The video does not show Pakistan Army personnel. The uniforms worn by the men in the footage are identifiable as those used by […]
Claim: Several videos have surfaced online showing Pakistan Army soldiers urging political leaders to improve the country’s socioeconomic conditions in light of the latest IMF report, calling for action to ease the hardships faced by poor citizens. Fact: The viral videos do not depict real events. All three were likely created using an AI text-to-video […]
Claim: Viral posts claim that the former premier of Pakistan, Imran Khan, was killed in prison. Fact: There is no evidence that Khan is dead. The PTI has described the claims as “abominable rumours” spread “through Afghan and India media platforms and foreign social media accounts. On 26 November, many social media users claimed the […]
Claim: A poster alluding to Field Marshal Asim Munir’s possible retirement or extension has been displayed in multiple cities across Pakistan. Fact: The image is digitally altered. The Field Marshal’s picture was likely superimposed on a 2016 poster that originally featured the army chief at the time, General Raheel Sharif. An image shared on Facebook […]
Claim: Pakistan Army spokesperson Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry spoke favourably about Imran Khan and asked for his forgiveness in a video interview, while criticising the military chief, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir. Fact: The video has been digitally altered, likely using AI. The footage used for the manipulated clip is originally from a BBC […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistan Army outposts captured by Afghan troops along the border of the Kunar and Helmand provinces of Afghanistan during the recent conflict between the two countries. Fact: The video in the claim was posted on YouTube as early as April 2020. Some users say it is from Libya. On 11 October […]
Claim: A video shows the burning site of a drone attack in Peshawar where Afghanistan’s forces targeted an office of Pakistani intelligence operatives. Fact: The video is unrelated to the ongoing clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan; it actually shows a fire that rescue officials said erupted in a building on Peshawar’s Ashraf Road. Moreover, there […]
Claim: An image shows Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif standing with Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu. Fact: The claim is false. The image actually shows Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif with his Armenian counterpart, not Netanyahu. It appears to be a screenshot from a video of the meeting held between PM Shehbaz, Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan, and […]
Claim: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has urged Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, to resign over his failure to be a good leader, especially after his inability to handle the October 2025 protests by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). Fact: The video actually shows Iqbal’s remarks during a press conference in November 2021 when […]