Claim: A video shows a severe thunderstorm thrashing Peshawar’s Bacha Khan International Airport amid the recent wave of hailstorms and heavy rain in Pakistan’s northern region. Fact: The video is not recent. In fact, it can be traced as far back as May 2021. On 18 April 2025, Instagram user @ismail_baloch_pti posted (archive) a video […]
Claim: The Karachi Commissioner has announced a public holiday on 26 April 2025 owing to protests and a nationwide strike called by the JIP in solidarity with Palestine. Fact: The notification is fake, as confirmed by the Karachi Commissioner’s Office. On 25 April 2025, Facebook page ‘NewsPulse’ wrote in a post (archive) that the Karachi […]
Claim: Pakistani retail chain Imtiaz has said it would continue selling products from Israel, indicating its refusal to boycott products from or linked to the Middle Eastern nation. Fact: Imtiaz has denied making such an announcement, saying the viral claim is “false/fabricated”. It has also expressed “its strong support for the people of Gaza & […]
Claim: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has been killed after his convoy was fired upon. Fact: The claim is false; no such firing incident occurred recently and Rehman is safe and alive. The video report contains unrelated and old footage. On 8 April 2025, YouTube channel TRUE FACTS posted (archive) a video titled, “Maulana Fazal […]
Claim: Pakistan has the flag of Türkiye on its currency, gives free weapons to Azerbaijan, is the only country that does not recognise Israel and Armenia as states, and is the only Muslim country that supports all the Turkic nations. Fact: Pakistan has its own flag — not Türkiye’s — on its currency and there’s […]
Claim: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) will not issue fresh banknotes ahead of Eid-ul-Fitr this year. Fact: The SBP refuted the claim, saying it has issued fresh banknotes worth PKR 27 billion of all denominations so far to thousands of branches of various commercial banks. On 17 March 2025, Facebook user ‘Adnan Raza Khan’ […]
Claim: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reminisced about Imran Khan while addressing the National Assembly during his February 2025 trip. He said he “wished” that he “could shake hands with” the former prime minister and hoped to “meet Imran Khan” in the future. Fact: Erdoğan did not make any such remarks; in fact, he never […]
Claim: Netflix has launched a “Movie Reviewer Program”, which pays $16-$38 per hour for anyone to review “unreleased” movies. Fact: The claim is a scam. A Netflix spokesperson told Soch Fact Check that it is “not accurate”. On 23 January 2025, user @sundayprs shared (archive) on Threads an apparent method to earn “passive income”. Their […]
Claim: A video shows Trump breaking down and crying over the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires during a visit to the disaster site in California. Fact: The video is most likely AI-generated. Just a week after wildfires erupted in Los Angeles on 7 January 2025, multiple posts surfaced on social media carrying a video of […]
Claim: A combination of videos show the destruction caused by a storm, likely Éowyn, in the UK in January 2025. Fact: None of the visuals are from any of the storms that hit the UK in January 2025. Two of the videos are old and unrelated whereas a third one was created using digital manipulation […]
Claim: Singapore has elected Halimah Yacob as its new president. Fact: Singapore has not elected Halimah Yacob as its new president. Yacob was the city-state’s eighth president and held the position from 2017 to 2023. The Republic’s incumbent president is Tharman Shanmugaratnam. On 1 January 2025, Threads user @riazkhanbadani posted (archive) a video showing the […]
Claim: A bird that can breathe fire or shoot fire from its eyes caused the Los Angeles wildfires, according to a video. Fact: No such fire-breathing bird exists. The accompanying video is actually the work of a VFX artist who created the clip back in 2020 using CGI and compositing technique. On 23 January 2025, […]