Claim: An image shows the arrest of now-dysfunctional Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. Fact: The image is AI-generated. On 12 October 2026, an account on X named ‘Mrs Adnan شیرنی’ shared an image of an army and a police officer escorting the now-dysfunctional Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkwa Sohail Afridi. The visual surfaced […]
Claim: The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Home Department issued a notification on 12 October 2026 ordering the identification and arrest of PTI workers across the province. Fact: The viral notification contains discrepancies when compared with authentic government correspondence and official records. An OpenAI verification result also proves that the document was generated using OpenAI tools. On 13 […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistan Army personnel deployed in Peshawar following the imposition of emergency and governor’s rule in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Fact: The footage was previously shared by a Syrian broadcaster in connection with clashes in Al-Hasakah, Syria. It does not show army deployment in Peshawar. On 12 October 2026, a 36-second Instagram reel posted […]
Claim: A video shows KP Chief Minister Sohail Afridi addressing the public in Pashto during the “Long March” to Islamabad and using a “threatening tone regarding military personnel”, saying the PTI’s supporters would track them down and force them into negotiations. Fact: The video is manipulated. In his authentic speech, Afridi spoke in Urdu, not […]
Claim: Sohail Afridi delivered a speech in support of the TTP during the PTI’s long march.A video seemingly shows Afridi referring to the TTP as his brothers who have helped the people of Pakistan while being attacked by the state. Fact: This claim is false; the video’s audio was manipulated On 5 October 2026, Wajahat […]
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 […]