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: A video shows Punjab’s Education Minister Rana Sikander Hayat assaulting a couple following the alleged incident of a student’s sexual assault at a private college in Lahore. Fact: The claim is false as the video does not show Rana Sikander Hayat. The individual in the video can be identified as Usman Mirza, who assaulted […]
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: Video shows Pakistan Tehreek Insaf’s (PTI) protesters celebrating after they reached Islamabad. Fact: The video is from Libya and shows crowds of people gathered in a desert at a car rally. On 25 November, an X user posted a video (archive) allegedly showing PTI supporters celebrating after they reached Islamabad amid strict lockdown by […]
Claim: Image shows Pashtun Tahafuz Movement’s (PTM) demonstration from October 2024 in Bannu, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Fact: The image is of PTM’s peace rally in Bannu from July 2024, and not from the demonstrations held in October. On 21 October, an X user posted a picture (archive) apparently showing supporters of PTM who demonstrated in Bannu, […]
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: PML-N has announced that they are ready to leave the government since they did not receive public support for their big decisions. Fact: Screenshots of news bulletins aired in 2022 were used to imply that the statement is a recent development. The PML-N leadership has not made any statements about the possibility of leaving […]
Claim: Image shows Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s supporter holding a gun during the protests in Islamabad on 26 November. Fact: Image shows a protester holding a gun during clashes between security forces and PTI supporters in May 2023 in Peshawar. On 26 November, an X user posted a photo (archive) apparently showing a PTI supporter holding a […]
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: Nawaz Sharif broke down while addressing journalists in London following Islamabad High Court’s (IHC) decision to grant Imran Khan bail in the Toshakhana 2.0 case. Fact: Nawaz Sharif did not cry during the interaction. Deepfake detection tools revealed significant manipulation in the video. After the Islamabad High Court (IHC) granted bail to former Prime […]
Claim: A PTI protester in a shroud, apparently pretending to be dead, was photographed using a phone. Fact: The image does not show a PTI protester. The image, originally shared in 2022, shows a child dressed as a corpse for Halloween. On 23 November, X user @LegiMian shared an image (archive) of a shrouded person […]