Claim: A video shows a woman yelling at Nawaz Sharif and Maryam Nawaz in Switzerland. Fact: The woman’s voice was superimposed onto the footage and the audio is not original. In fact, in the original video, we can hear the pedestrians praising the Sharifs. On 9 November 2024, a video of Nawaz Sharif […]
Claim: A picture shows a sea of containers that were put in place ahead of the PTI’s November march, blocking a road in Islamabad. Fact: The picture is doctored and does not accurately represent the security arrangements and blockades that were put in place ahead of the PTI’s march. A photo showing a sea […]
Claim: A video shows PTI supporters from the recent protests in Islamabad sleeping on the capital’s roads. Fact: The first part of the video shows Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) members in Rawalpindi, and the second part shows Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) protesters in Faizabad. The city of Islamabad was on lockdown since 24 November 2024 in […]
Claim: A video from Pakistan shows a woman from a religious minority being forcefully converted to Islam. Fact: The video is from Bangladesh, but the details of the incident and its context are still unclear. By conducting a reverse image search of the video’s keyframes and a keyword search on multiple social media […]
Claim: A study shows that street vendors in Pakistan earn more than people with ‘regular jobs’. Fact: The claim is false as the study it refers to does not make any comparison between the income of street vendors and that of people with more regulated or formal employment. Between 21 and 24 October […]
Claim: Two pictures show a plane landing in Beirut during an Israeli airstrike near the airport. Fact: These images are AI generated and, hence, fake. On 21 October 2024, X user @s_m_marandi posted images of planes apparently landing on a runway with an explosion in the background. According to the post, the picture showed Beirut […]
Claim: Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz laid the foundation stone for Pakistan’s first government-run school catering to children with autism. Fact: This school catering to children with autism is the first one to be launched in Punjab, not Pakistan. Between 4 and 5 October 2024, a number of news sources including The Express Tribune, […]
Claim: A video shows destruction in Israel after the recent missile attack by Iran. Fact: The first 14 seconds of the video are unrelated, and actually show a football-related celebration in Algeria from September 2023. However, the rest of the clip shows Iranian missiles landing in Israel on 1 October 2024. On 2 October 2024, […]
Claim: Women were seen shopping nude at a supermarket in the US to celebrate the emancipation of slaves.. Fact: The video does not show an incident from the US or France, or Haitian immigrants from Springfield, Ohio. It is, in fact, from the Hartbeespoort Dam area in South Africa, where women shopped nude as a […]
Claim: Megyn Kelly claimed that Minnesota courts can take custody away from parents who refuse their children access to gender-affirming healthcare. Fact: Minnesota courts are not authorized to take custody away from parents who refuse their children access to gender-affirming healthcare. The new amendment gives courts the ability to resolve such disputes. On 27 April […]
Claim: A video shows a crocodile dragging a man’s corpse in a lake. One post claims it is an illegal immigrant who tried crossing into the UK via Dover, while another claims it is a Pakistani man who wanted to enter the US. Fact: The video shows an incident that took place at Laguna del […]
Claim: A video shows a Haitian woman being arrested for eating a cat in Canton, Ohio. Another image from Springfield, Ohio shows a man walking while holding two ducks; this picture is evidence of Haitian immigrants stealing and eating ducks. Fact: The woman is not a Haitian immigrant. She is a resident of Canton, Ohio. […]