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 […]
Claim: A video shows Indian politician Shashi Tharoor saying Pakistan has engaged in “much better diplomacy” as opposed to his country and calling Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s actions a “historical blunder”. Fact: The video is a manipulated version of an authentic interview, in which Tharoor spoke of the US-Israel war against Iran, the destruction in […]
Claim: The man arrested for shooting at the White House Correspondents’ dinner on 25 April 2026 has been confirmed dead, according to CNN. Fact: This claim is false. CNN did not report any such development. Cole Tomas Allen is alive and has been charged with attempting to assassinate the US President. On 26 April 2026, […]
Claim: An image shows the Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi arriving in Islamabad in late April 2026. Fact: The image appeared online as early as November 2024, and hence it is unrelated to his recent visit. Soon after Araghchi landed in Pakistan on 24 April, several users posted an image apparently showing his arrival in […]
Claim: A video shows a firing incident at the Saudi Royal Palace in Riyadh in March 2026. Fact: The video is not recent, and surfaced online in April 2018, with publications and social media posts linking it to an incident of firing near the royal palace in Riyadh. There are no credible reports that such […]
Claim: The caption states that Saudi Arabia has stated it will no longer support Donald Trump, bringing a major shift in Saudi-US relations after many years. Fact: The claim is false. A video posted along with the claim does not show a Saudi official making any such statements about the country’s ties with the US […]
Claim: Videos show Iranian and Pakistani female soldiers commenting on the Israel-US war with Iran. Fact: An analysis found that the clips were generated using Sora by OpenAI. A Facebook user posted videos purportedly showing Iranian and Pakistani female soldiers commenting on the Israel-US war with Iran. The first clip, from 31 March, supposedly shows […]
Claim: A video shows Iranian boats preventing the US warships from passing through the Strait of Hormuz in April 2026. Fact: The video is not connected to recent events. It appeared online as early as 20 June 2022, and likely shows Iranian speedboats approaching US Navy vessels at the time. On 12 April, a Facebook […]
Claim: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said India stands with Israel in the US-Israel war with Iran. Fact: The video is digitally manipulated. On 13 March, a Facebook user posted a video in which the Indian premier can be seen as saying that India is on Israel’s side amid the ongoing war between Iran and […]
Claim: In a Truth Social post about possibly travelling to Islamabad to sign a deal with Iran, US President Donald Trump praised Pakistanis as “handsome” and “intelligent” compared to their “eastern neighbors” — Indians — and expressed a desire to meet the fighter pilots who “hit mighty Rafales” during the May 2025 conflict, comparing the […]
Claim: A video shows an apparent Iranian official saying that there will be no negotiations until the blockade is lifted, likely referring to the blockade of Iranian ports by the United States. Fact: The video is AI-generated. On 20 April, a video was posted on a Facebook page called Political & Sports Trivia TV. It […]