Claim: PKR 5,000 banknotes are being discontinued across Pakistan. Fact: Pakistan’s caretaker information minister has not confirmed a ban on the PKR 5000 banknote. However, when a lawmaker suggested that the PKR 5,000 banknotes should be discontinued, the minister indicated that such policy decisions should be made by the next Parliament. On 21 November 2023, […]
Claim: 24 News makes various claims about petrol, the US dollar, and government decisions in the thumbnails of at least four of its videos. Fact: All 24 News videos, except one, carry false claims in their thumbnails. Only one clip — which claims Pakistan’s caretaker government has provided relief after a petrol price hike — […]
Claim: Bottles of alcohol were discovered in TLP leader Saad Rizivi’s car. Fact: A fake 24 News bulletin falsely claimed that bottles of alcohol were discovered in Rizivi’s car. On 14 July 2023, screenshots of an apparent 24 News bulletin went viral online. According to the images, bottles of alcohol were found in Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan’s […]
Claim: The thumbnail image of an Urdu-language video shared by 24 News on YouTube and Facebook mentions that “more than 150 people have been martyred” in a “horrible blast”, accompanied by an image of an explosion. Fact: The thumbnail image is false because there has been no blast that killed over 150 people in October […]
Claim: Prime Minister Imran Khan blamed Muslims in France for terrorism following meeting with Bosnian President Fact: PM Khan condemned Muslims for terrorism in France, while also highlighting that freedom of speech should not be used as an instrument to hurt religious communities. On November 4, the Chairman of the Presidency of Bosnia & Herzegovina […]