Claim: A video shows journalist Fareed Zakaria calling Pakistan a “bridge” between South Asia, Central Asia, Middle East, and the wider Muslim world. Fact: Zakaria has not made any such comments. The audio of the clip is likely AI-generated. On 14 May 2026, a page on X named Strategic Warfare shared a clip of journalist […]
Author: Mariam Wazeer 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 […]
Claim: A video shows Israeli strikes on Lebanon in April 2026. Fact: The clip is old and appeared online as early as November 2023. Multiple users posted a clip apparently showing Israel bombing Lebanon in April 2026. One such Facebook post’s caption claims: “Israel is destroying Lebanon just like it was destroying Gaza…” The clip […]
Claim: A video shows Iran’s strikes on Tel Aviv during the recent US-Israel war with Iran. Fact: The video is old and appeared online as early as November 2025; therefore, it is not linked to the recent war. Moreover, social media posts and some Spanish-language publications linked the footage to an explosion near the Argentinian […]
Claim: A video shows an explosion carried out by Israel near Jerusalem in May 2026. Fact: The video is old and appeared online as early as January 2025. Social media users and credible news organisations have linked it to a Ukrainian drone strike on a Russian oil refinery in the city of Ryazan at the […]
Claim: Former US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton, has said that the US controls Pakistan through its generals because the country’s civilian government and judicial machinery are helpless before the power of the army. Fact: There are no news reports or publicly available evidence to suggest that Hillary Clinton made any such statement. The claim […]
Claim: Al-Aqsa Mosque’s preacher Sheikh Ekrima Sa’id Sabri has called for the release of Pakistan’s incarcerated former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Fact: Sheikh Sabri has not made any remarks in favour of Khan since the latter’s arrest in August 2023. In the first week of May 2026, viral video reports surfaced on Facebook claiming that […]
Claim: A video shows Indian actor-turned-politician Chandrasekhar Joseph Vijay, famously known as Thalapathy Vijay, thanking Muslims by praying namaz in a mosque after he became Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister. Fact: The clip predates his election as Chief Minister. It is from this year’s Ramazan in March 2026, when Vijay’s political party, Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK), […]
Claim: A video shows Italy’s Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni wearing a scarf featuring the Palestinian flag and snubbing her Israeli counterpart, Benjamin Netanyahu, by refusing to shake hands with him. Another clip depicts her slapping him before walking away. Fact: Both videos are AI-generated. On 30 April 2026, Facebook user ‘Sumaira Malik’ posted (archive) a […]
Claim: A video shows Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi visiting the Strait of Hormuz amid the “current situation”. Fact: The claim is false.The clip from the foreign minister’s 2024 visit to a missile ship. In April 2026, Facebook user Sindh Observer Digital,posted a clip showing the Iranian Foreign Minister on a ship with a navy […]
Claim: Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has said that she does not know Imran Khan, but if a leader like Shehbaz Sharif was elected prime minister 10 years ago then Pakistan would have become a super power by now. Fact: The Italian prime minister did not make any such statement during the press briefing in […]
Claim: US President Donald Trump said, “Who are these Pakistanis? It’s a small country. This puny little country, which has got the atom bomb also, beat the hell out of Indians in this encounter. So who are these folks?” Fact: This is not a direct quote from Trump; it comes from a news publication that […]