Claim: A video depicts a US airbase in Kuwait ablaze after a recent attack. Fact: The footage circulating on social media shows the scenario after an explosion at Lourdes Fireworks Factory in Naxxar, Malta on 1 June 2026. On 4 June 2026, Facebook user, ‘Pakistan News unofficial’ posted a reel, showing a deadly fire, on […]
Claim: An image shows doctors operating on CM Punjab Maryam Nawaz following the announcement of her recent major surgery in Lahore. Fact: The picture is AI-generated. On 29 May 2026, a Facebook page named ‘Salwa Khan’ shared an image of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif lying on a hospital bed surrounded by doctors. The […]
Claim: An image shows former Prime Minister Imran Khan praying inside jail. Fact: The image is likely AI-generated. On 29 May 2026, a Facebook page named قید میں بھی کپتان shared an image of former prime minister Imran Khan sitting on a praying mat inside jail. The caption reads: اے اللہ اپنے اس بندے کو […]
Claim: A viral video shows Defence Minister Khawaja Asif’s daughter dancing at a club. Fact: This claim is false. The woman in question is an Indian model named Varsha Rao. A Facebook user, Angel Muskan posted a reel of a woman wearing a red dress dancing at what appears to be a nightclub, with the […]
Claim: A video shows PTI activist Sanam Javaid Khan with an unidentified man in what appears to be an intimate setting in Peshawar. Fact: The video is AI-manipulated, according to Soch Fact Check’s assessment and different deepfake detectors. On 7 April 2026, Facebook user ‘Babag Hazro’ posted a video allegedly showing Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) worker […]
Claim: The reel shows President Donald Trump leaning over a table and opening a notebook, after which Chinese Leader Xi Jinping walks away. Fact: This claim is false. The notebook in question belongs to President Trump. On 18 May 2026, Facebook user Atta Muhammad Kaloi posted a viral news video with the caption: ‘رمپ کی […]
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: During an emotional address, Giorgia Meloni stated, “America and Israel are killers of innocent children!! I am a mother, I cannot sit with murderers!!. Fact: Meloni did not make any such statement directly labelling the United States and Israel “killers of innocent children”. Moreover, the video in the claim shows her making speeches in […]
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: 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 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 […]
Claim: A CCTV video shows the killing of Sheikh Mohammad Idrees, a religious cleric and Jamiat Ulema-i-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) member, on 5 May 2026. Fact: The video is old and appeared online as early as April 2025, and likely shows a shooting incident in Peshawar at the time. A Facebook user posted a video — CCTV […]