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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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]

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Claim: The UAE and Pakistan signed a visa-exemption agreement, allowing citizens from both countries to travel without visas. Fact: The claim is misleading as the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) only allows holders of diplomatic and official passports to travel without a visa. The exemption does not extend to ordinary Pakistani passport holders. The Instagram account […]

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Claim: Multiple videos of Elon Musk show him talking about Pakistan and India days after the two countries engaged in a military conflict in May 2025. Fact: None of the videos are authentic as footage from Musk’s previous appearances has been superimposed with doctored audio to create a nationalistic narrative through deepfake content. The manipulation […]

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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 […]

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Claim: A video shows Netanyahu alleging that Iran “had the support of Pakistan and China” during the 12-day war with Israel. He warns that his country, along with India, would retaliate and claims that Israel would have obliterated Iran had Trump not announced a ceasefire. “We will not abandon Gaza, nor the Muslims of Gaza,” […]

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Claim: A video shows where the United States dropped a bunker-buster bomb in Iran while locals are seen exploring the area.   Fact: The video is likely AI-generated.   On 27 June 2025, a Facebook user shared a reel that claimed to show the area in Iran where the United States had dropped their bunker-buster […]

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Claim: Videos show Pakistani reporters covering mass celebrations of Iran’s victory against Israel, following the recent military conflict between the two countries.   Fact: Evidence suggests that these videos were tampered with extensively, and they are likely AI-generated.   On 24 and 25 June 2025, an account on Facebook posted a string of videos showing […]

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Claim: A video shows a recent attempted assassination of US President Donald Trump. Fact: The video shows an attempt on Trump’s life, which took place in July 2024, during his presidential election campaign. No credible news reports say that another attempt on the US President’s life took place recently. On 23 June, a Facebook user […]

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Claim: Amid Israel’s conflict with Iran, its Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu also threatened Pakistan, saying his country’s “greatest mission” is to prevent “a militant Islamic regime” from acquiring nuclear weapons. After the Islamic Republic, Pakistan is the second country on his list, he said. Fact: The interview is not recent, but from 2011, and it […]

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Claim: A video shows Israeli citizens asking Iran for forgiveness, following Iran’s retaliatory strikes during the recent escalation between the two countries. Fact: The video of the crowd chanting such slogans is not authentic. It contains telltale signs of AI-generated media. An Instagram user “mbashir.afridi” posted a video (archive) that apparently showed an Israeli crowd […]

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