Claim: A photo shows US soldiers getting off a military helicopter at a building during a raid to capture then-Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. Fact: The viral image is originally from a video showing a US Special Operations Forces’ demonstration at Fort Bragg in North Carolina on 10 June 2025. On 4 January 2026, columnist Mehtab […]
Claim: A video shows passengers exiting a grounded aircraft in Pakistan as the country had “run out of jet fuel” due to “growing economic instability”. Fact: The video, in fact, depicts a scene from a 2018 incident when an aeroplane skidded off the runway in Panjgur, Balochistan. On 12 January 2026, X (formerly Twitter) account […]
Claim: Pakistani digital bank easypaisa is distributing PKR 25,000 under a “Birthday Fund” to all of its customers via a viral link. Fact: easypaisa did not announce any “Birthday Fund”. The claim contains a link to a scam website. In December 2025, multiple Facebook users posted that easypaisa, one of Pakistan’s biggest digital banks, had […]
Claim: A video shows a portion of Gul Plaza collapsing after the deadly fire on 17 January 2026. Fact: The video is unrelated and from 4 December 2025, when a fire erupted at a garment factory in the Karachi Export Processing Zone near Landhi Industrial Area. A day after a deadly fire broke out at […]
Claim: Multiple visuals show Venezuela’s former President Nicolas Maduro being captured and escorted by US forces over “narcoterrorism” charges after a raid in the country’s capital Caracas. Fact: None of the visuals are authentic. Shortly after the United States’ forces conducted an extensive raid in the Venezuelan capital of Caracas to capture President Nicolas Maduro […]
Claim: At least seven images show former PM Imran Khan exercising in the Adiala jail. Fact: None of the photographs are authentic. Analysis shows that all of them were created through Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) tools. In December 2025, multiple pictures appeared on social media platforms purportedly showing the founder of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) […]
Claim: Pakistan’s former PM Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar was injured during a firing incident in Quetta on 2 December 2025. Fact: Kakar is alive and well and there are no reports of any such firing incident. The claim is false. On 2 December 2025, multiple Pakistani, Afghan, and Indian accounts claimed that Pakistan’s former caretaker Prime Minister […]
Claim: Multiple videos show journalist Benazir Shah dancing at different events. Additionally, viral photographs show her dining with media mogul Mir Shakil ur Rahman. Fact: None of the videos or images are authentic; Shah’s face has been doctored onto other women to discredit her. One of the pictures is likely entirely created using AI. In […]
Claim: A video shows the test flight of a single-seat helicopter made by a young Pakistani man using iron, scrap metal, and empty cans. Fact: The video is likely AI-generated. There are no verifiable reports about such a development, nor has the individual or his city been identified. Multiple detectors confirm that the clip is […]
Claim: Indian military aircraft have been banned by the Dubai Air Show administration or the International Aeronautics Association after the November 2025 Tejas jet crash. Fact: No such ban has been imposed by the Dubai Air Show organisers. Furthermore, there is no credible evidence to support the existence of the “International Aeronautics Association”. On 22 […]
Claim: A video shows a mob of “Pakistani Islamists” beating and manhandling Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz at a public event in October 2025. Fact: The video is not recent nor does it show “Pakistani Islamists” beating or manhandling Maryam Nawaz. It is actually from September 2020 when a member of her protection detail mistakenly struck […]
Claim: Motorbikes have been banned in Karachi. Fact: The claim is false and was spread by a news outlet using misleading language. Mayor Murtaza Wahab announced a transition from conventional to electric bikes only in the Karachi Metropolitan Corporation (KMC). On 29 August 2025, Pakistani media outlet City21 posted (archive) a video showing Karachi Mayor […]