Claim: During his recent press conference, DG ISPR Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said, “A man sitting in jail has driven all of us mentally insane,” in reference to Imran Khan. Fact: The two videos circulating online seem manipulated. A review of the original footage revealed that Lt Gen Chaudhry referred to Imran Khan as […]
Claim: Multiple videos circulating online show Imran Khan working out inside jail premises. Fact: All the viral clips look typically AI-generated and do not depict real events. Video 1: This video shows the jailed former prime minister running on a treadmill, alongside a still image of him doing push-ups. The text embedded in the clip […]
Claim: An image shows Australian journalist and Sky News anchor Yalda Hakim meeting PTI leader Sahibzada ‘Chico’ Jahangir ahead of her interview with former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s sister, Aleema Khanum, that was aired on Sky News. Fact: The image is fake and confirmed to have been generated using Google’s artificial intelligence (AI) tools. Moreover, […]
Claim: At a protest rally in Peshawar this month, Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi responded to DG ISPR’s recent press conference, using derogatory language. Fact: An AI-generated deepfake audio was likely overlaid onto footage from the KP Chief Minister’s address in Peshawar earlier this month. A video of Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]
Additional reporting: Sidra Dar Map visual: Fizza Qureshi Video editor: Muhammad Abid 💡 Claim: Shortly after heavy rainfall in August, federal minister and owner of Park View City Aleem Khan said water “did not breach” the residential society in Lahore at any point. Everything was “safe” and people were “not forced to relocate”, he added. […]
Claim: A video shows Field Marshal Asim Munir crying while delivering a speech. Fact: The clip is fake. A reel shared recently on Facebook shows the Field Marshal breaking down into tears. Fact or Fiction? Soch Fact Check suspected the video is fake, mainly as it appeared to be tongue-in-cheek humour or spoof. The video […]
Claim: Pakistan’s former PM Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar was injured during a firing incident in Quetta on 2 December 2025. Fact: Kakar is alive and well and there are no reports of any such firing incident. The claim is false. On 2 December 2025, multiple Pakistani, Afghan, and Indian accounts claimed that Pakistan’s former caretaker Prime Minister […]
Claim: A video shows Aleema Khan calling Chief of Army Staff 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 3 December, an X user that Soch […]
Claim: A video shows a man sculpting a statue of former prime minister Imran Khan. Fact: The video is AI-generated. A video shared online shows an old man sculpting a statue of Imran Khan. The video was captioned: “چچا اس کی قیمت تو ہم ادا نہیں کر سکتے پر دل سے دعا ہے اللّٰہ پاک […]
Claim: Multiple videos show journalist Benazir Shah dancing at different events. Additionally, viral photographs show her dining with media mogul Mir Shakil ur Rahman. Fact: None of the videos or images are authentic; Shah’s face has been doctored onto other women to discredit her. One of the pictures is likely entirely created using AI. In […]
Claim: An image going viral on social media claims that it shows a female Pakistani military doctor who has been martyred at the Pak-Afghan border. Fact: The claim is false. The image is AI-generated using Google’s Gemini model. There are no credible reports of any such incident. Additionally, the Pakistan Army does not deploy women […]
Claim: A video shows the test flight of a single-seat helicopter made by a young Pakistani man using iron, scrap metal, and empty cans. Fact: The video is likely AI-generated. There are no verifiable reports about such a development, nor has the individual or his city been identified. Multiple detectors confirm that the clip is […]