Claim: A holiday has been announced for 23 September 2025 and a notification issued in this regard, according to Pakistani media outlets. Fact: No holiday has been announced in Pakistan for 23 September 2025. The news reports by Pakistani media outlets are actually about the 95th Saudi National Day, but they carry misleading, clickbait headlines. […]
Claim: An image shows a biplane carrying a “Welcome Asim Munir” banner which welcomed the army chief upon his arrival in the US. Fact: The image is fake. It was likely created using a template on the Photofunia site. Social media users shared an image of a biplane carrying the banner “Welcome Asim Munir,” claiming […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistan’s independence day celebrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Fact: The claim is false. The video shows a demonstration held in solidarity with Gaza in April 2025. A video shared online on 15 August claimed to show “Pakistan’s Independence Day celebrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh.” It shows a public procession where two individuals are […]
Claim: Bangladesh and Pakistan have agreed to visa-free entry for all citizens. Fact: The claim is misleading. The agreement between the two countries applies only to holders of diplomatic and official passports, not to ordinary citizens. Regular passport holders from Pakistan and Bangladesh still require a visa for travel. Recently, an image showing Pakistani Prime […]
Claim: Iran’s military has urged citizens to keep their phones charged in preparation for a “historic moment”, signalling that “something major” is about to unfold. Fact: The Iranian military did not urge citizens to keep their phones charged in preparation for an event. The Facebook page shown in the screengrab does not belong to the […]
Claim: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has issued a statement titled “Bajaur clashes: losses of the mujahideen and an appeal to the public,” in which it admits losses and appeals to locals to provide its fighters a safe passage. Fact: The statement is not authentic and was likely created using Meta AI. On 29 July 2025, […]
Claim: A video shows a group of people in Israel standing and panicking during a barrage of missile strikes as Iran launched its retaliatory attacks in June 2025. Fact: The video was generated through artificial intelligence (AI). On 22 and 23 June 2025, multiple Facebook users shared a video they claimed shows Iran’s attacks on […]
Claim: A video shows Africa’s elected president, Ibrahim Traoré, chastising Pakistanis for not speaking up for Imran Khan — whom he praises as a leader “of the entire Muslim Ummah” — and vowing to raise his voice for the former premier at the United Nations. Two other clips show him glorifying the Pakistani leader and […]
Claim: A video shows a man being dragged by his beard and violently assailed in Punjab. Fact: The viral video originates from Manikganj in Bangladesh. Multiple news reports on the incident from Bangladeshi outlets identified the attacker and stated that he was arrested. A video circulated among Pakistani users on social media platforms with the […]
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: A video shows Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman lambasting US President Donald Trump and tech billionaire Elon Musk for “ignoring” the Palestinian people and abusing the Kingdom’s investments for their “own personal gain”. Fact: The video is manipulated, likely using artificial intelligence (AI) tools. On 24 May 2025, Facebook user ‘Sain Baba’ […]
Claim: US President Donald Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, recently named Pakistan as one of the potential new partner countries that may recognise Israel as part of the push for the Abraham Accords. This, the claim asserts, is what was agreed to during Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir’s visit to America in June 2025. Fact: Kushner […]