Claim: A picture depicts Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s mother and grandmother, who played the drum in the streets of Amritsar in colonial India. Fact: The claim is incorrect. The photograph, in fact, shows two people from the khawajasira community and was taken some time between 1890 and 1894. On 8 May 2026, Facebook user ‘Ali […]
Claim: A picture shows a woman holding a placard featuring an obscene message during Aurat March, held in Karachi on 10 May 2026. Fact: The image is a doctored version of an old one from Aurat March 2023. The original placard read, “Why half the pay for full work?” On 11 May 2026, Facebook user […]
Claim: An image shows PTI activist Sanam Javed lying on a hospital bed. Fact: While the PTI activist was hospitalised on 11 May 2026, the image is AI-generated. On 12 May 2026, several accounts on Facebook shared an image of PTI activist Sanam Javed lying on a hospital bed with a bruised eye. An account […]
Claim: A video shows a giant bull towering over people at a cattle market in Karachi ahead of Eid-ul-Azha. Fact: The video is AI-generated. On 18 May 2026, Facebook page ‘Absnews24’ posted a video showing a notably large, dark-coloured bull at a mandi — or livestock market — in Karachi, Pakistan, ahead of the Islamic […]
Author: Shameneh Majid Claim: The government has announced a plan to provide a monthly allowance of PKR 29,000 to unmarried women. Fact: No such allowance has been allocated or announced by the Government of Pakistan,. The claim circulated on social media around the same time as other unsubstantiated posts on social media regarding an allowance […]
Claim: Pictures show new Pakistani banknotes scheduled to be released in 2026 after the Cabinet’s approval. Fact: The pictures actually show submissions from an art competition that the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) hosted in 2024. While the new designs have been submitted to the Cabinet for approval, they have not been released or shared […]
Claim: Former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has said that the US controls Pakistan through its generals because the country’s civilian government and judicial machinery are helpless before the power of the army. Fact: There are no news reports or publicly available evidence to suggest that Hillary Clinton made any such statement. The claim […]
Claim: A viral image purports to show a Pakistani woman civil servant wearing clothing that social media users deemed inappropriate for a professional setting. Fact: The image has been digitally manipulated. The original, which appears online as early as October 2024, shows a woman dressed in modest, professional attire. On 22 April 2026, Facebook user […]
Claim: Multiple social media posts show an ARY News bulletin stating that Former PM Imran Khan will be released in the upcoming week. Fact: This claim is false. ARY News never reported any such news about Khan’s release. On 13 May 2026, X user Salar Wazir PTI posted the bulletin where it stated: بریکنگ […]
Claim: A video of people dressed up as zombies, along with Pakistani actors Fahad Mustafa and Mehwish Hayat, shows celebrations marking the first anniversary of Marka-e-Haq. Fact: The clip is from a concert where the two actors promoted their upcoming movie ‘ZOMBEID’. On 10 May 2026, a Pakistani journalist named Harmeet Singh posted a video […]
Claim: Al-Aqsa Mosque’s preacher Sheikh Ekrima Sa’id Sabri has called for the release of Pakistan’s incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Fact: Sheikh Sabri has not made any remarks in favour of Khan since the latter’s arrest in August 2023. In the first week of May 2026, viral video reports surfaced on Facebook claiming that […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistan’s navy rescuing an Indian vessel in the Arabian Sea in May 2026. Fact: Pakistan’s navy did assist the MV Gautam on 5 May, but the clip is old, appearing online as early as February 2023. A Facebook user posted a reel linking it to a recent rescue operation by the […]