Claim: Former IGP KP Ihsan Ghani said, on ARY News, that former CM KP Sohail Afridi ordered him to kill 2 minor boys. Fact: Ghani did not name Afridi on ARY News. Moreover, he was IGP in 2013 i.e. before Afridi was in the provincial government. On 22 October 2026, an account on X […]
Claim: Different videos show the moment when now-dysfunctional KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi was arrested and taken into custody after emergency and governor’s rule were imposed in the province. Fact: All footage predates Afridi’s arrest in October 2026. Between 11 and 14 October 2026, social media users shared different footage allegedly showing the moment […]
Claim: Houthi military spokesperson Yahya Saree announced that Houthi forces had captured 85 Saudi-led coalition soldiers, including 47 Pakistanis, near Bab al-Mandab. Fact: Saree’s documented 11 October statement does not mention 85 captured coalition soldiers or 47 Pakistani prisoners. Soch Fact Check found no authenticated original statement corroborating the alleged announcement. A Facebook post published […]
Claim: JUI-F chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman has issued an apology for his recent remarks critical to the state. Fact: The audio of the clip is AI-generated. On 22 October 2026, a Facebook account named بلاول حان shared a clip of Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl’s (JUI-F) chief Maulana Fazlur Rehman apologising for his recent remarks critical to […]
Claim: Videos depict a fire across a region in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, showing how protests have escalated since governor’s rule was imposed. Fact: The clip is from a fire that took place in Kursheed Chowk in the Kotri SITE area on 2 October 2026. On 14 October 2026, Facebook user SGD PTI Network posted a 20 […]
Claim: Indian MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal said Pakistan presented a masked impostor as former SSG commando Mohammad Asif because Indian forces had killed the real Asif. Fact: A viral graphic falsely attributes the remarks to Jaiswal. He made no allegation about a masked impostor in the original MEA briefing. On 8 October 2026, a […]
Claim: Video shows a man pelting white powder on a Pakistani diplomat on the street. Fact: The clip actually shows a French politician named Raphaël Glucksmann being attacked in Paris. On 15 October 2026, a Facebook page named Peshawar News shared a video of a man walking towards his car, surrounded by reporters with […]
Claim: GTV News posted footage that claimed to show PTI supporters surrounding the Governor’s House in KP, protesting against governor’s rule. Fact: The clip actually shows the Nepalese Prime Minister’s residence on fire during the protests in September 2025, and is not from the recent KP protests. On 13 October 2026 X user The Unknown […]
Claim: An explosion occurred at a “military facility” in Multan, Punjab, on 3 October 2026. Fact: There are no credible reports of such an explosion and the accompanying visuals are old and unrelated. Multan’s authorities have said that “Punjab Police has no military centre” in the city. On 3 October 2026, multiple Facebook pages […]
Claim: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif visited Afghanistan in 2023 to discuss the resettlement of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in Pakistan again, as per an Express Tribune article. Fact: The article clearly states that Asif went to discuss TTP’s resettlement inside Afghanistan, not Pakistan. On 5 October 2026, a Facebook account named Junaid Akbar Khan shared […]
Claim: Viral clips claim to show citizens of Peshawar protesting against the recently imposed governor’s rule. Fact: The video, which actually originates from Vietnam, shows fans celebrating a win against Thailand in Thai Nguyen on 26 August 2026. On 12 October 2026, Facebook user سوال کرنا جرم ہے؟؟ , posted a video of a large […]
Claim: An ARY News graphic quotes Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif telling Jamaat-e-Islami’s (JI) chief Hafiz Naeem ur Rehman that petrol price will rise to Rs 500 by November 2026. Fact: The graphic is fake, and is likely edited. On 5 October 2026, a Facebook account named “پکھی واس” shared a graphic of Pakistani channel […]