Claim: A clip shows the exact moment a flash flood hit a mountain-side village in Swat and destroyed multiple houses in August 2025. Fact: The clip is synthetically generated, likely using AI tools. On 18 August 2025, TikTok user @rababskills posted (archive) a video they claimed shows floodwater thundering down a mountain in Swat before […]
Claim: PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has been elected as the chairperson of Pakistan Bodybuilding Federation. Fact: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has not been elected to any such post, his party’s information secretary has confirmed. Multiple media outlets and social media pages claimed in September 2025 that Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain — the president of the Pakistan […]
Claim: Gas would be available to consumers across Pakistan from 5:30 to 8:30 am, 11:30 to 1:30 pm, and 5:30 to 8:30 pm, according to a new countrywide supply schedule issued in September 2025. Fact: No such schedule has been issued. One of the country’s two gas distributors, the SSGC, has published a rebuttal, terming […]
Claim: During a recent interview, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif advised people suffering due to the torrential rains and floods in the 2025 monsoon season to collect and store water in their bathtubs. Floodwater should be considered a blessing, he said, adding that they should collect water in their homes as it may take 10 years […]
Claim: A holiday has been announced for 23 September 2025 and a notification issued in this regard, according to Pakistani media outlets. Fact: No holiday has been announced in Pakistan for 23 September 2025. The news reports by Pakistani media outlets are actually about the 95th Saudi National Day, but they carry misleading, clickbait headlines. […]
Claim: A video shows a house collapsing due to landslides as torrential rain and floods hit northern Pakistan. Fact: The video is authentic but neither from Pakistan nor recent. It shows a house collapsing in Sarkaghat, a town in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, in August 2023. On 20 August 2025, Instagram user @aters.mystic […]
Claim: A video shows a sudden downpour as part of a cloudburst in Mingora, Swat. Fact: The viral video is, in fact, from 2020 and likely shows a wet microburst in Perth, Australia. On 16 and 17 August 2025, multiple social media users shared a video claiming that it showed a cloudburst in Mingora, Swat […]
Claim: Dr Adeeb Rizvi has advised people against taking medication for blood pressure issues and undergoing medical procedures such as surgeries. Instead, he promoted a natural recipe of his own, while claiming the success and effectiveness of the said cure in an audio message. Fact: The audio is fake and wrongly attributed to Dr Rizvi. […]
Claim: Pakistani journalist Ali Musa Raza died while reporting at the site of the recent Punjab floods. Fact: Raza confirmed to Soch Fact Check that he is alive and well. Additionally, he debunked the claims of his death in a follow-up video and clarified the same in a recent interview. Social media pages have been […]
Claim: YouTube has announced that it will “pay only for real voices & original content” starting 15 July 2025, effectively demonetising channels that use artificial intelligence (AI). Fact: YouTube is not introducing any major changes to its YouTube Partner Program monetisation policy but strengthening it to better identify and flag unoriginal content. The update to […]
Claim: A video shows Africa’s elected president, Ibrahim Traoré, chastising Pakistanis for not speaking up for Imran Khan — whom he praises as a leader “of the entire Muslim Ummah” — and vowing to raise his voice for the former premier at the United Nations. Two other clips show him glorifying the Pakistani leader and […]
Claim: Viral videos show Pakistanis showing off a new PKR 1,000 banknote, as well as using it for purchases. Fact: The banknote in question is not official but a printed version of a design that was submitted to an art competition back in 2024. The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) has not released any new […]