Claim: Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz, had the historic Lal Masjid in Pasrur demolished. Fact: The extended portion of the historic Lal Masjid in Pasrur was demolished by the mosque’s administration voluntarily. While Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz has ordered an anti-encroachment drive in the province, she did not particularly order the demolition […]
Claim: A rally was held in China in support of Imran Khan. Fact: The absence of credible news reports, along withl inconsistencies in the video, suggest that it is not from China and neither does it show a political rally. In fact, it likely shows a Christmas parade in Germany. A video (archive) shared on […]
Claim: A video shows a man accusing soldiers of the Pakistan Army of assaulting his daughter. Fact: The claim is false. The video shows a political activist from Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Ghazi Shehzad, recounting a story he heard from a fellow inmate while imprisoned at Central Jail Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir. The alleged perpetrators […]
Claim: A video shows Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz placing her hand over the hand of Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir. Fact: The video is AI-generated. A Facebook user posted a video (archive) allegedly showing the Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz, putting her hand over the hand of Chief of Army Staff […]
Claim: A video circulating online claims that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir of destroying the country and doing so in Sharif’s name. Fact: Sharif actually criticised former Prime Minister Imran Khan while reciting a couplet during a speech in Sheikhupura in 2023. The name “Munir” refers to the […]
Claim: A viral post on social media claimed that the Bangladesh military has been abolished and replaced with a new ‘Border Security Force’, which exclusively handles border security. Fact: Bangladesh did not abolish its army or replace it with a new ‘Border Security Force’. In fact, the military has worked closely with the interim government […]
Claim: US President Donald Trump called Imran Khan a convict who was involved in fraudulent cases. Trump further said that the Pakistani diaspora in the US urged him to advocate for the release of the jailed former Prime Minister of Pakistan. Fact: Trump did not make any such statement about Imran Khan. The audio in […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistani forces attacking a post by the Afghan Taliban near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border and also shooting down their quadcopter. Fact: The video is not connected to Afghanistan or Pakistan and is likely linked to conflict between Kurdish armed groups and Turkish forces. On 21 February, an X user posted a video […]
Claim: Video shows the Pakistan Army opening fire at the Afghan Taliban. Fact: The video is at least a decade old and is likely from Yemen. It is entirely unrelated to the recent cross-border tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan. On 20 February, an X user posted a video (archive) purportedly showing the Pakistani army attacking […]
Claim: A video shows a recent fire that broke out on a train going from Karachi to Lahore, in which five people were killed. Fact: No such incident has been reported this year. The video in the claim is from October 2019, when a passenger train, Tezgam, travelling from Karachi to Rawalpindi, caught fire after […]
Claim: Spectators at the Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium chanted against the Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Attaullah Tarar, calling him a thief [“chor chor”], when the camera focused on him. Fact: Tarar did not face derogatory chants at the stadium. The video’s original audio was replaced with manipulation. A video (archive) shared on Facebook shows […]
Claim: The Balochistan Liberation Army exploits women and forces them to carry out terrorist activities, according to the Wilson Center’s report. Fact: The Wilson Center has not published such a report. The accompanying image of “The Women of Balochistan’s Shadow War” actually shows an article published by an independent news platform More to Her Story, […]