Claim: A recent survey found that 92% Pakistanis believe Imran Khan is the people’s choice to lead Pakistan out of a crisis.
Fact: The claim is false. Soch Fact Check did not find any such survey or credible public poll. The figures cited in the claim are not substantiated by any clear source either.
Several posts on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and X (formerly Twitter) claimed in July 2026 that a recent survey found 92% support for Imran Khan as the leader best suited to take Pakistan out of its crisis. One viral graphic said, “A New Survey Reveals That 92% Of Pakistanis Believe Imran Khan Is The People’s Choice To Lead Pakistan Out Of The Crisis.” Another version claimed 87% of Pakistanis believe only Imran Khan can lead the country out of crisis.
Screenshot of a Facebook post claiming a new survey found 92% of Pakistanis believe Imran Khan is the “people’s choice” to lead Pakistan out of crisis.
Screenshot of a Facebook post claiming a “poll servey” found 87% of Pakistanis believe only Imran Khan can lead the country out of crisis.
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check reviewed the viral posts and found that they did not identify any details of a typical survey such as a polling organisation, field dates, sample size, sampling method, geographic coverage, exact question wording, margin of error, source of funding. The posts did not carry any link to an original report either.
We then searched key phrases from the claim in both Urdu and English, including “92% of respondents believe Imran Khan,” “87% of respondents believe Imran Khan,” “people’s choice to lead Pakistan out of crisis,” “only Imran Khan can lead the country out of crisis,” “92 فیصد پاکستانی مانتے ہیں کہ عمران خان,” and “87 فیصد پاکستانی عمران خان.” The results did not lead to any credible public survey reporting that 87% or 92% of Pakistanis believe Imran Khan is best suited to lead the country out of crisis.
For further verification, we searched the websites and public records of relevant polling and research organisations, including Gallup Pakistan, Ipsos in Pakistan, IPOR, and PILDAT. The results here also did not turn up any such survey. Soch Fact Check then contacted Gallup Pakistan, Ipsos, IPOR, and PILDAT to ask whether they had conducted, commissioned, published or were aware of any survey matching the viral claim. Gallup Pakistan responded to our email on 9 July 2026 and said, “Gallup Pakistan has not conducted any survey which suggests the findings shared by you.” It added that any attribution to Gallup Pakistan for these findings is “false and fabricated.” Gallup Pakistan also said all surveys it chooses to disclose publicly are released on its official website and social media handles, and that when it releases a poll, it discloses complete details on its methodology and source of funding.
Ipsos in Pakistan also responded to our email. Abdul Sattar Babar, CEO and Managing Director of Ipsos in Pakistan, said they had “not conducted, commissioned, or published any survey with this or a similar finding,” while adding that he was not aware of “any credible survey reporting such a result in recent months or years.” Soch Fact Check also contacted IPOR and PILDAT for comment. This article will be updated upon receiving a response from them.
Finally, Soch Fact Check contacted the several social media pages that had shared the claim, asking them to provide the source of the survey figure. None of the pages responded to our query as of the time of publishing this article. The viral posts, therefore, do not provide the basic details needed to verify a real poll.
In the absence of any such original survey report, and the fact that the claim was not attributed to any polling organisation or clear source, Soch Fact Check rates the claim as false. The 87% or 92% figures are not substantiated by a credible source.
Virality
Soch Fact Check found the claim on Facebook, Instagram, Threads, and X (formerly Twitter). The posts appeared in two main variants, one claiming 92% support for Imran Khan and another claiming 87% support. On Facebook, posts carrying the 87% or 92% claim received at least 26,436 likes or reactions, 2,783 comments, and 1,565 shares. On Instagram, posts carrying the claim received at least 4,045 likes, 480 comments, and 99 shares. The claim was also shared on Threads and X.
Soch Fact Check has previously debunked a similar viral claim that falsely attributed a 90% Imran Khan popularity survey to CNN.
Conclusion: No credible public survey has reported the viral 87% or 92% figures. Social media pages sharing the claim did not attribute a clear source to the survey either. Therefore, the claim is false.
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