Claim: Video shows a fire drill being conducted at PIMS Hospital, Islamabad following the death of 14 newborn babies in a nursery fire. Fact: The video is from Capital Hospital in Islamabad, not PIMS. On 10 September 2026, former deputy speaker of the National Assembly Qasim Khan Suri shared a video of a group of […]
Claim: A viral reel claims Imran Khan was transferred from Adiala Jail to Shifa International Hospital on the night of 20 August 2026. Fact: Khan was examined at PIMS, not Shifa International Hospital, and returned to Adiala Jail at around 5 am on 21 August. On 20 August 2026, Facebook page Umeed News shared a […]
Claim: The image shows former Prime Minister Imran Khan being helped out of an ambulance on the night of 21 August 2026 at Shifa International Hospital. Fact: The image is AI-generated. Imran Khan was treated at PIMS Hospital and not at Shifa International Hospital. On 21 August 2026, Instagram user Hammad Muhammad Beyg posted an […]
Claim: A video claims to show former Prime Minister Imran Khan leaving a hospital in a wheelchair. The claim is being shared amidst reports of Khan being shifted to Shifa International Hospital. Fact: This claim is false as the footage is unrelated to the current events, and has been found to be dated back to […]
Claim: Dr Adib Rizvi has endorsed Prolan, a product marketed for prostate-related and sexual health problems. Fact: SIUT says Dr Rizvi has never endorsed Prolan. Soch Fact Check traced the footage to an unrelated interview and found evidence of likely AI-generated or manipulated speech. On 11 May 2026, a Facebook page named “Prolan-Adeeb Rizvi” posted […]
Claim: Video highlights a rat infestation inside Civil Hospital, Quetta. Fact: The clip is originally from a hospital in Uttar Pradesh, India. On 22 May 2026, senior journalist Mubasher Lucman posted a video on his X account, highlighting poor sanitation conditions in a hospital. The clip shows a bunch of rats climbing up a pole […]
Claim: A video shows school girls coughing and wincing in pain at a hospital after receiving the HPV vaccine. Fact: The claim is false; the viral video predates the ongoing HPV vaccination campaign. It first appeared online in May 2024 in the context of tear gas shelling at a school in Azad Jammu and Kashmir […]
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: The artificial sweetener aspartame can worsen the cardiovascular condition atherosclerosis through insulin-triggered inflammation. Fact: Aspartame has not been conclusively found to worsen this condition; the findings were experimental and lacked firm evidence. Many X users have posted various claims when it comes to the health risks of consuming aspartame. On 20 February 2025, […]
Claim: A video on social media shows the poor state of Services Hospital in Lahore under the leadership of Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz. Fact: The claim is misleading as the video is from July 2023 when the interim government was in charge. The incident shown in the video is not recent nor is […]
Claim: A video shows children falling sick in school after receiving polio vaccination in the Khyber district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Fact: The claim is false as these children did not receive the polio vaccine. The video is from the November 2024 deworming campaign in which students fell sick in a school in Jamrud after allegedly […]
Claim: Singapore has declared COVID-19 to be “a global hoax” after doctors there performed the first autopsy going against the WHO’s guidelines. The disease is not a virus but “a bacteria that has been exposed to radiation and causes human death by clotting in the blood”. The country’s health ministry “immediately changed the Covid-19 treatment […]