Claim: The Economist has lauded Field Marshal Asim Munir for his role in “strengthening” and “reshaping” the US-Pakistan relations. The claims add that the British magazine has also commended “Pakistan’s new diplomatic strategy” and paid tribute to the army chief as his country entered a new era under his leadership. Fact: The Economist has not […]
Claim: Donald Trump issued video statements about the devastation caused by the 2025 floods in Pakistan and accused India of causing the destruction by releasing water from its dams. Fact: The videos are doctored, likely using AI. Trump has not blamed India for the Pakistan floods nor has he appealed for help for the flood […]
Claim: US President Donald Trump wore a fighter jet pin during a meeting with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, to humiliate India and indicate Islamabad’s victory over New Delhi in the May 2025 conflict. Fact: Trump wore the pin during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip […]
Claim: A video shows Sanam Javaid Khan clad in a dress with a plunging neckline while distributing sweets to children. Fact: The video is edited, with Khan’s face doctored into it. It originally shows Indian content creator Muskan Karia. On 2 September 2025, Threads user @iwasimhashmi posted (archive) a video, allegedly showing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) […]
Claim: A clip shows the exact moment a flash flood hit a mountain-side village in Swat and destroyed multiple houses in August 2025. Fact: The clip is synthetically generated, likely using AI tools. On 18 August 2025, TikTok user @rababskills posted (archive) a video they claimed shows floodwater thundering down a mountain in Swat before […]
Claim: PML-Q President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has been elected as the chairperson of Pakistan Bodybuilding Federation. Fact: Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain has not been elected to any such post, his party’s information secretary has confirmed. Multiple media outlets and social media pages claimed in September 2025 that Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain — the president of the Pakistan […]
Claim: Mufti Taqi Usmani declared that anyone criticizing the Field Marshal Asim Munir following his ‘appointment as the protector of Haramain Shareefain’ [the two most holy sites for Muslims] is going against the rules of Islam. Fact: The claim is false. Mufti Usmani did not make any such claims and said that any statements using […]
Claim: Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf founder and former Prime Minister Imran Khan posted on X that he disowns any Mission Noor campaign being run in the name of PTI. The post adds that “We are Muslims” and will not endorse any traitors to use PTI’s platform to promote Ahmadiyya ideologies. Fact: The post is doctored. Imran Khan’s […]
Claim: Saudi Arabia rejected India’s request for a meeting while in the US in response to India’s “hate campaign” against the Saudi-Pakistan defence pact. Fact: There are no reports of India recently requesting Saudi Arabia for a meeting in the US. Moreover, while the Indian foreign ministry has expressed hopes that Saudi Arabia will keep […]
Claim: Foreign Minister of Pakistan Ishaq Dar said that Pakistan was ready to intervene and take physical action in Gaza, in an interview with Al Jazeera. Fact: A clip from Dar’s interview has been shared with misleading captions. The Foreign Minister spoke about the need for physical action in Gaza if belligerent states like Israel […]
Claim: Israel apologised to Pakistan during a United Nations Security Council’s emergency meeting this month. Fact: While Israel did apologise, it was perfunctory as the Israeli ambassador then repeated the point Pakistan’s representative rebutted to. On 12 September 2025, an X (formerly Twitter) user posted a video of the Israeli Ambassador to the United Nations […]
Claim: Saudi Arabia will build an oil refinery in Gwadar, Pakistan. Fact: The development is not recent. Saudi Arabia publicly discussed plans to build an oil refinery in Gwadar, Pakistan in 2019. On 23 September 2025, a user on X (formerly Twitter) posted (archive), “#BREAKING Saudi Arabia to build a $10B oil refinery in Gwadar, […]