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Religious scholar gunned down in Sohrab Goth not linked to the Mumbai Attacks

Old news of a blast in Lakki Marwat goes viral on social media

Deepfake video falsely portrays a belly dancing Maryam Nawaz 

Khursheed Shah did not apologise for ousting Imran Khan from power

Video of father and daughter laughing is not from Gaza

Image falsely claims to show Biden seeking forgiveness from George Floyd’s daughter

Video from 9 May protests falsely linked to recent attack on Mianwali air base

Maria Butt and sister falsely claim NADRA is going against Constitution, Shariat Court

Picture from Missouri falsely claimed to show Imran Khan’s jail cell

CII did not declare first wife’s permission unnecessary for second marriage

Indian media outlet misreported Pakistani cricketers tweets on Palestine

SAMAA TV runs misinformation on insurance cover provided by SBP

Old video of Khawaja Asif ink attack shared as warning ahead of Nawaz’s return

Capital TV, SAMAA TV run misleading reports on earthquake

Old pictures linked to dubious claim dog meat was seized from KP restaurants

Old picture of Imran Khan doctored to show former PM in jail

Did a beggar enter a plane in Karachi?

Photo shows Rahul Gandhi with Italy’s Castaldo, not an ISI agent

24 News bulletins make false claims

Photo of Imran Khan walking out of jail is AI-generated

Old video of police beating up women shared with false claim

Imran Riaz Khan did not make a vlog after returning home in September 2023

Old video of Imran Riaz talking to the media shared as recent

This image does not show Nawaz Sharif’s ‘cancelled’ PIA flight from UK to Pakistan

Video of crocodile in a residential area is not from Karachi

Blast in Hangu misleadingly linked to Peshawar

Do these photographs show Imran Khan’s jail cell?

Viral selfie of caretaker PM was not taken during recent UNGA visit

This image does not show the daughter of Pakistan’s former top judge

Viral picture does not show Nawaz Sharif with Humayun Dilawar or Arshad Malik

This is not an authentic photo of Imran Khan with his mother

Man seen taking oath as sports minister in viral photo is not PM Kakar’s son

Asia Cup 2023: Years-old anti-India chants edited on to Gautam Gambhir video

Capital TV runs old video as IMF response to Pakistan electricity protests

Video does not show Greek coastguard firing at migrant boat

Imran Khan enclosure not removed from Punjab cricket stadiums

Digitally-manipulated picture of Imran Khan with beard emerges amid reports of poor jail facilities

Unrelated photos of dead bodies wrongly linked to 2023 Bajaur bombing

Image purportedly showing body of PTI protester’s father is from 2018

Pictures of PML-N supporters wrongly linked to Judge Humayun Dilawar

German exchange programme not collaborating with Pakistan govt, contrary to PMYP tweet

Video of anti-blasphemy law protest falsely painted as one against Pakistan Army chief

Media reports falsely claim Asad Umar was arrested in cipher case

Old video from Lahore shared as PTI rally in 2023

Old doctored photo of Fazlur Rehman with Jack Daniel’s resurfaces

Anchor exaggerates petrol prices in Canada compared to Pakistan

Doctored photo wrongly shared as Imran Khan in jail

Video shows people gathered outside Central Prison Peshawar, not Attock jail

Caretaker PM Anwaar ul Haq Kakar misidentified in viral video

Pakistan’s economy has not shrunk; its growth rate did

Imaan Mazari wasn’t granted bail in sedition charges on 22 August

Battagaram rescuers misidentified as Pakistan Army personnel in viral photo

President Arif Alvi did not sign new national security laws

Judge Humayun Dilawar was nominated by IHC for University of Hull training

Pakistani pastor’s interview about 2023 Jaranwala rampage falsely shared with divisive spin

Burj Khalifa did light up on Pakistan’s Independence Day

Parody account posts fake cypher

Posts misidentify Indian policewoman and Pakistan Army officer as Seema Haider

No, Shehbaz Sharif did not cry over recent increase in petrol prices

Viral inspirational message on WhatsApp about Arnold Schwarzenegger is false

Video of PIA plane moving on flooded Lahore runway is old

The construction of Shaukat Khanum Karachi has not been halted

Arif Alvi did not take his entire family for Hajj on the government’s budget

Imran Khan did not make derogetory comment about COAS Asim Munir’s father

Aitzaz Ahsan makesmisleading claims about the US consitution’s Fifth Amendment

Pakistan has not banned women from going overseas on labour visas

Video shared by Pakistani journalist not from riots in India’s Manipur

This video does not show a dirty British Airways flight from Pakistan to London

Malala Yousafzai has not been ‘silent about human rights abuses in Pakistan’

Videos of Imran Riaz Khan’s release are false

The BBC did not call Pakistani doctors expensive and worthless

Viral posts falsely claimed that Zartaj Gul has joined the Pakistan People’s Party

Claims that minor domestic worker died after torture are false

News claiming Mari Matta Mandir in Soldier Bazaar was not demolished are false

Picture of Pakistani major falsely linked to Seema Haider

Old video shared as clashes in Wadh, Balochistan

News claiming 72% of women smoke in Pakistan is false

Drone cameras have been temporarily, not completely, banned in Sindh

Afghan singer Hasiba Noori was not killed in Peshawar

Photo wrongly linked to reports of Taliban in Parachinar

Traffic crash video from India’s Hyderabad wrongly shared as Pakistan’s Hyderabad

Shahzada Dawood was not the vice-chairman of the World Economic Forum

No, Abrar-ul-Haq did not sing a melody to honour Gen Asim Munir

Shehbaz Sharif did not congratulate India’s Congress party on Karnataka election win

Claim Pakistani newspapers did not mention Greece boat disaster is incorrect

Woman doctored into selfie of Maulana Fazlur Rehman and son

Satirical post about Russia oil cargo linked to Imran Khan passed off as real news

Sexually explicit video falsely linked to Rana Sanaullah

News bulletin claiming rape of Khadijah Shah confirmed is doctored

Old video of Fazlur Rehman passed off as JUI-F chief visiting Thailand

Old video of ink incident rehashed over Khawaja Asif’s ‘dacoits’ comment

Old video wrongly linked to PTI lawmaker’s fleet being burned

Old video of waves crashing into a bridge falsely linked to Cyclone Biparjoy

Video said to be Cyclone Biparjoy near Karachi Sea View is actually from Mexico

Karachi grid station blast falsely shared as explosion at nuclear facility

Claims about UN calling for decriminalising sex between adults and minors are false

A Twitter account impersonating The Khorasan Diary spread fake news regarding a terror attack

This image shows a young Kashmiri man, not PTI’s Ibad Farooq

Old photo of woman tortured reshared amid crackdown on PTI

No, this image is not from a protest in Lakki Marwat