Claim: Videos show Iranian and Pakistani female soldiers commenting on the Israel-US war with Iran. Fact: An analysis found that the clips were generated using Sora by OpenAI. A Facebook user posted videos purportedly showing Iranian and Pakistani female soldiers commenting on the Israel-US war with Iran. The first clip, from 31 March, supposedly shows […]
Claim: Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz has decided to give Rs 700,000 in aid to every low income household in Punjab. Fact: The reel is dubbed with AI-generated audio. On 16 April, a Facebook user posted a reel in which a news anchor is claiming that the Chief Minister of Punjab has decided to […]
Claim: A video appears to show an Indian army soldier in an interview about the leadership in the Indian army. Fact: The claim is false. The person being interviewed is not an Indian army soldier. On 15 April 2026, Facebook user, Ali Asghar Shahid, posted a video captioned: بھارتی فوج کے ایک افسر نے حال […]
Claim: Pakistan has announced “new” ATM rules, which include limits on and revised charges for transactions. Fact: Pakistan did not announce any new ATM rules. The reports by multiple local outlets are clickbait and actually about changes introduced by India’s central bank. On 21 and 22 April 2026, multiple Pakistani media outlets reported on the […]
Claim: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India stands with Israel in the US-Israel war with Iran. Fact: The video is digitally manipulated. On 13 March, a Facebook user posted a video in which the Indian premier can be seen as saying that India is on Israel’s side amid the ongoing war between Iran and […]
Claim: In a Truth Social post about possibly travelling to Islamabad to sign a deal with Iran, US President Donald Trump praised Pakistanis as “handsome” and “intelligent” compared to their “eastern neighbors” — Indians — and expressed a desire to meet the fighter pilots who “hit mighty Rafales” during the May 2025 conflict, comparing the […]
Claim: In the context of the US-Israel war with Iran, Indian journalist Shiv Aroor said that Pakistan has taken centre stage globally while India has lost its status as the net security provider. Fact: The video of the journalist is fake and most likely AI-generated. On 9 April, an X user posted a clip in […]
Author: Shameneh Majid Claim: Iran’s Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi tried to kiss his former teacher’s hand during his visit to Pakistan as a sign of respect. Fact: The video is from an event at Tabriz University, in the East Azerbaijan province of Iran. […]
Claim: A still from the CCTV footage of a Lahore university shows a teacher and student in an inappropriate act. Fact: The visual is AI-generated. Soch Fact Check did not find any credible reports that such an incident took place in a Lahore university in April 2026. On 14 April 2026, Facebook page ‘KWS News’ […]
Claim: A visual shows the progress of the Billion Tree Tsunami project in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa that was initiated by former PM Imran Khan. Fact: The visual is unrelated to the Billion Tree Tsunami project. It was actually posted in 2022 by Dutch non-profit Justdiggit to show the progress of its regreening effort. On 13 April […]
Claim: The prices of petrol and diesel are down to PKR 250 and PKR 320 per litre, respectively, effective 17 April 2026, “due to Harmous opening”. The claim refers to the Strait of Hormuz. Fact: The petrol and diesel prices are PKR 366.58 and PKR 353.42 a litre, respectively, as of 18 April 2026. The […]
Claim: A video shows Aleema Khan calling Chief of the Army Staff (COAS) Field Marshal, Asim Munir, a radicalised Islamist who wants a war with India, during an interview with Yalda Hakim of Sky News. Fact: The clip is doctored. Moreover, Yalda Hakim refuted the claim, saying it was a deepfake. On 21 April 2026, […]