Claim: Donald Trump issued video statements about the devastation caused by the 2025 floods in Pakistan and accused India of causing the destruction by releasing water from its dams. Fact: The videos are doctored, likely using AI. Trump has not blamed India for the Pakistan floods nor has he appealed for help for the flood […]
Claim: US President Donald Trump wore a fighter jet pin during a meeting with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, to humiliate India and indicate Islamabad’s victory over New Delhi in the May 2025 conflict. Fact: Trump wore the pin during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip […]
Claim: Foreign Minister of Pakistan Ishaq Dar said that Pakistan was ready to intervene and take physical action in Gaza, in an interview with Al Jazeera. Fact: A clip from Dar’s interview has been shared with misleading captions. The Foreign Minister spoke about the need for physical action in Gaza if belligerent states like Israel […]
Claim: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Pakistan is waiting for an opportunity to attack Israel. Fact: Rubio did not warn Israel or Netanyahu about Pakistan at any point during the joint press conference in question. An image showing Rubio and Netanyahu during a recent joint press conference […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistani soldiers departing for Saudi Arabia after the two countries recently signed a mutual defence agreement. Fact: The claim is false; the video in question shows Pakistani soldiers who are part of UN peacekeeping forces. Following the Strategic Mutual Defence Agreement between Pakistan and Saudi Arabia on 17 September, X user […]
Claim: A video shows Yemen’s Brigadier General Yahya Qasim Sare’e issuing a threat to Pakistani soldiers who would be stationed at the Saudi-Yemen border following the signing of a defence pact between Saudi Arabia and Pakistan. Fact: The video statement of the Yemeni commander is unrelated to the recently signed mutual defence pact between Saudi […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistan’s Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal ripping an Israeli flag. Fact: This video does not show Iqbal tearing the Israeli flag. Instead, it depicts a Kyrgyz politician ripping the flag in 2014. On 14 September, an X user posted a photo that apparently showed Pakistan’s Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives […]
Claim: Two videos show the separate occasions on which Indian comedian Kapil Sharma played videos of Imran Khan during his show. Fact: The claim is false; videos of Khan have been overlaid onto footage from episodes of The Kapil Sharma Show. Additionally, Sharma’s monologue has been digitally edited. A video shared online shows Indian comedian […]
Claim: A clip from a news broadcast shows Qatari news anchors calling for defence deals with Pakistan instead of the US. Fact: The anchors do not make any such statements in the clip shared in the claim. Instead, they report on Pakistan’s condemnation of the Israeli strike in Doha on 9 September 2025. A video […]
Claim: A video shows a mass funeral in Afghanistan following the recent earthquakes in the northeastern areas of the country. Fact: The video is AI-generated, and previously circulated online in context of the deadly floods in Buner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year. Following an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, a video was shared online claiming to show […]
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 […]