Claim: Recently, Muslim female athletes refused to shake hands with an Indian army officer at a sports event. Fact: There is no evidence to support this claim, and the accompanying image is likely AI-generated. On 19 July 2025, a Facebook page by the name of Verified Pakistan shared an image allegedly showing Muslim female athletes […]
Claim: A viral video shows a woman being beaten with sticks by a group of men in Pakistan. Fact: The video is actually from Kamarhati in West Bengal, India, and its earliest instance is from July 2024. On 16 July 2025, a user on Facebook shared a video that allegedly showed a group of men […]
Claim: The Supreme Court of Pakistan declared the ban on 27 YouTube channels unconstitutional. Fact: The SCP has issued no such declaration. The letter accompanying the claim in some of the viral posts is from the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), an independent body of lawyers, not the Supreme Court itself. On 9 July, journalist […]
Claim: A post suggests Kasim and Sulaiman Khan have arrived in Pakistan. Fact: The image of Khan’s sons is AI-generated and the video in the background shows a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rally held in Gujranwala in 2022. On 12 July 2025, a Facebook user posted an image of Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan’s […]
Claim: An image claims that 50% of the population prefers Maryam Nawaz while 39% prefers Ali Amin Gandapur. Fact: The claim does not specify that the poll refers only to the population of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and not the entire country’s population. The statistics in the image are from a recent Gallup Pakistan poll that […]
Claim: A video shows a recent argument between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Ali Muhammad Khan and Pakistan Muslim League-N’s Rana Tanveer Hussain in the National Assembly. Fact: The post’s caption does not clarify that the exchange between the PML-N and PTI members is from September 2024. On 11 July 2025, the Facebook page of local […]
Claim: A video shows a recent instance of Awami Muslim League (AML) founder and former Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed crying outside a judicial court. Fact: The video is from February 2023 and shows Rasheed being escorted by police to the courts in Islamabad in relation to defamation cases filed against him. On 17 […]
Claim: An image shows an article by The Daily Telegraph praising the Pakistan Air Force in the wake of the four-day military conflict between India and Pakistan which took place in May 2025. Fact: The image is fake. The Daily Telegraph did not publish any such article. On 11 May 2025, a user […]
Claim: China gave Pakistan and Iran the “go-ahead” to atomically bomb Israel. Fact: China did not give any such go-ahead to Pakistan or Iran, but instead advocated for peaceful resolution to the Iran-Israel conflict. Pakistan also distanced itself from using nuclear weapons against Israel to support Iran. On 25 May 2025, amid the escalation […]
Claim: MQM-L founder Altaf Hussain has passed away. Fact: Hussain was hospitalised over a “serious illness” in London in July 2025 but has since been recovering. On 16 July 2025, Soch Fact Check received a link to a YouTube video (archive) that claims Altaf Hussain has died. Hussain, the chief and founder of Muttahida Qaumi […]
Claim: US President Donald Trump will visit Pakistan on 18 September 2025. Fact: The claim is false. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit the UK from 17 to 19 September 2025, and there is no official confirmation of a visit to Pakistan. On 17 July, multiple Pakistani news outlets including Geo News, Samaa, Suno […]
Claim: Siasat.pk quoted lawyer Imaan Mazari as saying that Punjabis killed by the proscribed militant group the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) are not martyrs. Fact: Siasat.pk did not report any such statement by Imaan Mazari. The image in the claim is doctored and the statement has been falsely attributed to the lawyer. On 12 July, […]