Claim: A BBC News broadcast on the hijacking of a Flydubai flight from Dubai to Tel Aviv claims that a secret meeting was held between Mossad and Indian officials Parag Jain and Ajit Doval. The video has been shared with claims that the hijacking was coordinated by former intelligence RAW agent Raghav Menon and Indian […]
Claim: A video shows students in India attacking an airbase. Fact: The clip is from a student protest in Lovely Professional University in Phagwara, Punjab, India. On 28 September 2026, a Facebook account named Engr Khalil Hussain shared a clip showing a silhouette of a fighter jet, surrounded by hundreds of people. The video […]
Claim: The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) issued a statement in support of Khyber Pakhthunkhwa (KPK) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. Fact: TTP has denied issuing such a statement. The text being circulated is likely AI-generated. On 30 September 2026, Chairperson PEMRA (Council of Complaints), Sindh Wajahat Kazmi shared a statement by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and claimed […]
Claim: Two images suggest that the government is constructing trenches to block the PTI’s upcoming long march in Islamabad. One image shows an unidentifiable road with a trench in it while another shows a road being excavated in the presence of the police. Fact: It is certain that Image 2 is AI-generated, and likely that […]
Claim: Videos circulating on social media claim to show Indian Prime Minister Modi laughing at the BRICS Summit with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Chinese President Xi Jinping. Fact: This clip is AI-Generated. On 13 September 2026, Instagram user Pakistanownews posted a clip showing Modi laughing with the other two leaders at the BRICS Summit, […]
Claim: Photographs show former England cricketer and journalist Michael Atherton posing with a portrait of Pakistan’s ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan amid the Lord’s controversy. Fact: Both pictures were generated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. On 1 September and 29 August 2026, two photographs of former England cricketer and broadcaster, Michael Atherton, emerged on social […]
Claim: Mobile and internet services across Punjab will be downgraded from 27 September. Fact: The Punjab Home Department’s request concerns specified locations in Rawalpindi and throughout Attock district, not Punjab as a whole. On 24 September 2026, a Facebook page called Sky News Urdu Pakistan (not associated with the UK’s Sky News) published a graphic […]
Claim: Viral videos show incarcerated former PM Imran Khan giving a speech from Adiala Jail ahead of the 27 September 2026 protest calling for his release. Fact: The clip in question is AI-generated, and there has been no public address from the former PM from Adiala Jail. The video was posted on X, and shared […]
Claim: In a recent ARY News broadcast, Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi issued a warning that Pakistan’s government will collapse if the status quo is maintained and the administration is not allowed to make decisions independently. He further acknowledged that the country has ongoing issues in Balochistan, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP), and Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Fact: The video […]
Claim: The Cabinet Division has ordered the deployment of 23,500 police personnel from different provinces to Islamabad. Fact: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting debunked the notification as fake. Two AI detection tools flag the text as likely AI-generated. On 13 September 2026, an account on X named Iram (Summan) Dar shared a notification by […]
Claim: Viral posts state that an explosion killed eight people in Delhi, where the 18th BRICS Summit took place, with an official BBC broadcasting video linked in the post. Fact: This claim is false. There was no explosion in New Delhi during the BRICS Summit; the BBC coverage of an explosion dates back to 2025. […]
Claim: An image shows men using a wooden board to push aside a nail-studded shipping container ahead of a PTI protest. Fact: The image contains OpenAI provenance signals and is AI-generated. The Facebook version is a cropped and annotated derivative of the wider image. On 19 September 2026, a Facebook account named Shahid Isf Charsadda […]