Claim 1: Canada has opened 60,000 new visa slots and applying for a two-year Canadian visa is free. Claim 2: The LMIA document is being offered for free to workers, and workers wishing to immigrate to Canada only need to have a medical examination done. Fact 1: Canada has not opened 60,000 new […]
Claim 1: TTP militants staged a video at an abandoned US checkpoint in Spin Boldak, Afghanistan, falsely claiming they captured a checkpoint in Bajaur, Pakistan. Claim 2: In their capture of the checkpoint, TTP militants took over a significant area of Bajaur and 13 personnel from the Pakistan army were martyred. Fact 1: […]
Claim: A viral video on social media shows Saudi Arabia’s Defence Minister fleeing after he was frightened by the firecrackers set off to welcome him at Riyadh’s Chinese Embassy. Fact: The claim is false as the video is not from Riyadh. It is actually from 2019 and shows a mock military drill in Kuwait. On […]
Claim: US President Donald Trump invited Elon Musk on stage and said that the ban on X will soon be lifted in all the countries where the platform is currently banned. Fact: The claim is false. Trump did not make any statements regarding lifting bans on X. On 20 January, X user @MShehzadSpeaks, shared a […]
Claim: A video shows the first stage of the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires, in which “fire [started] falling from the sky” when a celestial object was struck by unidentified objects and erupted into flames. Fact: The video is not only unrelated to the Los Angeles wildfires but was digitally created and originally posted back […]
Claim: A video shows lightning was behind the recent deadly wildfires in Los Angeles, California. Fact: The video is not related to the recent wildfires and is likely AI-generated. On 10 January, a TikTok user posted a video (archive) purportedly showing lightning falling to the ground and starting the fires in Los Angeles, California. The […]
Claim: Donald Trump defended the burqa after being “impressed” by Imran Khan’s remarks about Muslim women’s veils in the past, particularly when the latter said that “girls use hijab as a weapon”. The US president also stated, “Veiling is more appropriate than wearing make-up. If I were a woman, I would also wear the veil.” […]
Claim: A video shows Jerusalem’s al-Aqsa mosque during Friday prayer. Fact: The video actually shows the holy day of Ashura at the shrine of Imam Hussain in Karbala, Iraq. On 10 January 2025, a post (archive) on Facebook shared a 30-second clip of a large number of people entering what appeared to be […]
Claim: A song by Naseebo Lal was played on a metro train in the UK. Fact: The song was actually played on a metro train in Barcelona, Spain. A reel on Facebook posted by Dialogue Pakistan on 11 January 2025 shows passengers on a metro train with a song by Pakistani singer Naseebo […]
Claim: West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle was seen enjoying the snow in Kumrat valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Fact: The image is doctored; it was made using a photo which originally shows Gayle in New York. On 11 January 2025, a post on Facebook claimed that West Indies cricketer Chris Gayle was spotted in Kumrat, […]
Claim: YouTuber Luke Damant, who was missing for days, has been found dead in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, three weeks after entering the country via Pakistan. Fact: Damant is alive and has refuted the claim through his social media accounts. On 5 January 2024, Facebook page ‘Crick Zone’ posted (archive) a picture of Australian YouTuber and travel […]
Claim: A video shows Richard Grenell praising Imran Khan during a speech at the Republican National Convention. Fact: The video is fake. In his original speech at the 2024 Republican National Convention, Grenell spoke about US President-elect Donald Trump. Several social media users shared a video (archive) showing Trump’s special missions envoy, Richard Grenell, praising […]