Claim: A video shows a mob of “Pakistani Islamists” beating and manhandling Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz at a public event in October 2025.
Fact: The video is not recent nor does it show “Pakistani Islamists” beating or manhandling Maryam Nawaz. It is actually from September 2020 when a member of her protection detail mistakenly struck her; however, she was safe.
On 15 October 2025, some users posted a video claiming it showed Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz being “beaten” by a mob of “Pakistani Islamists”, who also tore her clothes (archived here and here, respectively).
@RealWahidaAFG (archive) is an apparent pro-Afghan, anti-Pakistan, and pro–India user who claims to be a “HR [human rights] defender”. Their posts have been debunked by different outlets accredited by the International Fact-Checking Network (IFCN). They shared the video with the following caption — which includes a mention of Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir — alongside the video:
“Why isn’t Maryam inside the bunker? This is heartbreaking, Munir… how could you leave her outside, getting beaten like this? 💔 Nuclear power 🇵🇰 😭👇”
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On the other hand, @KreatelyMedia (archive) is an anti-Muslim Indian online media platform, according to IFCN-accredited Alt News and Indian rights organisation Citizens for Justice and Peace (CJP). Its post is accompanied by the following caption:
“Maryam Nawaz clothes torn by Pakistani Islamists”
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check reverse-searched keyframes from the viral video, which led us to a 23 September 2020 Facebook post (archive) by The Express Tribune, which wrote that the politician — whose Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) party was in the opposition at the time — “was mistakenly struck by a member of her protection detail outside the Islamabad High Court (IHC)” while a crowd of supporters swarmed her.
“In the video, Maryam can be seen getting struck on her shoulder by a member of her security detail. The guard’s fist hit the PML-N leader as he was trying to control the crowd,” the publication wrote. “Maryam, shrieking out in pain, could be seen holding her shoulder after the incident. Her husband, Capt (retd) Safdar can then be seen pushing people back and consoling her.”
The caption included a link to The Express Tribune’s report on the same incident.
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Multiple other news outlets also reported on the incident in Islamabad, confirming that her own security guard accidentally struck her to keep PML-N supporters away from her.
None of these articles state that Maryam Nawaz was attacked by a mob or that her clothes were torn by anyone, let alone “Pakistani Islamists”.
Soch Fact Check, therefore, concludes that not only is the claim false but the video is old.
Virality
The posts by @RealWahidaAFG, the pro-Afghan account, and India’s @KreatelyMedia have been viewed over 10,600 and 68,500 times so far, respectively.
Soch Fact Check found multiple Indian accounts propagating the claim here, here, here, here, here, here, and here.
Indian outlet Navbharat Live also shared the claim here in a report.
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Indian YouTube channel NMF News — which has 22.5 million subscribers — posted (archive) an eight-minute video about the viral clip of Maryam Nawaz, titled “भीड़ ने घेरकर Mariyam Nawaz के कपड़े फाड़े, गंदी हरकत की, Lahore में हंगामा हो गया ! Fact Check [A mob surrounded Maryam Nawaz, tore her clothes, and behaved indecently, causing an uproar in Lahore! Fact Check].”
However, despite the word “Fact Check” in its title, the anchor does not investigate or debunk the video but states that “nothing can be said about it” as “it’s an era of AI [artificial intelligence] and technology” and there is nothing “official” that could be cited. The same was also posted (archive) on Facebook.
Conclusion: The video is not recent nor does it show “Pakistani Islamists” beating or manhandling Maryam Nawaz. It is actually from September 2020 when a member of her protection detail mistakenly struck her; however, she was safe.
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