Claim: A video shows police cracking down on PTI supporters outside Adiala jail, where Imran Khan is jailed. Fact: The clip is at least a year old and therefore unrelated to the recent protests by PTI supporters outside Adiala jail. On 26 November, an X user posted a clip (archive) claiming it shows the police […]
Claim: A video shows the police manhandling Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi outside Adiala jail in November 2025. Fact: The video is not connected to the recent protests as it appeared online in May 2025. In November 2025, X users posted a video apparently showing police beating up the Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, […]
Claim: An image shows the former Prime Minister Imran Khan dead inside Adiala jail in November 2025. Fact: This is not true. The image actually shows Khan alive at a political rally and was posted by Khan himself on X in August 2014, over a decade ago. On 26 November, an X account, “Ministry of […]
Claim: A viral image and a video show Imran Khan with a beard. Fact: The visuals are digitally altered. TikTok user @journalist_Mudasir shared a video that shows former Prime Minister Imran Khan with a beard. A still image from this video is also being shared online widely. Imran Khan granted bail in 9 May cases […]
Claim: Former Prime Minister Imran Khan has been released from jail. Fact: The claim is false. While the Supreme Court recently granted bail to Khan in eight cases related to the 9 May riots, he remains imprisoned at Adiala Jail. A video showing Imran Khan in a crowd was shared online with the text: “تازه […]
Claim: During an interview for Real America’s Voice, former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s son Kasim Khan said that he was looking towards Israel to help secure his father’s release from prison. Fact: The caption of the post makes a false claim. Kasim Khan did not make any such statement in the accompanying clip in the […]
Claim: A Dawn.com article and a medical report allege that former Prime Minister Imran Khan was sexually assaulted in prison by an army official. Fact: Both the alleged medical document and the viral screenshot of a Dawn.com news report claiming Imran Khan was sexually assaulted in custody are fabricated. Soch Fact Check identified several inconsistencies […]
Claim: According to a notice issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on 10 May 2025, Imran Khan passed away in judicial custody. Fact: Imran Khan is alive; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) did not issue any notice announcing his death. X user Amitabh Chaudhary (@MithilaWaala) shared a screenshot of an alleged press […]
Claim: Hamid Mir revealed that Imran Khan recently slapped a colonel in Adiala jail. Fact: The claim is false as no such statement was made by the journalist or reported in the media. Hamid Mir refuted the claim as well. On 26 January 2025, a Facebook user posted an image of an army officer with […]
Claim: PTI leader Hammad Azhar said that the health of former Governor of Punjab, Omar Sarfaraz Cheema is declining and he is currently hospitalised in jail. Fact: The claim is false as Hammad Azhar did not make such a statement. He refuted the news on X. Moreover, PTI’s lawyer Advocate Salman Shahid also debunked the […]
Claim: WikiLeaks released a new documentary on Imran Khan after a recent report by the United Nations Working Group declared his imprisonment as unlawful. Fact: The claim is misleading because the interview of Imran Khan by WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange was originally recorded and released in 2012, not 2024. WikiLeaks shared footage of the decade-old […]
Claim: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said that the PTI approached the European Union to withdraw Pakistan’s GSP+ status. Fact: Samar Saeed Akhtar, EU Press and Information Officer in Islamabad, denied receiving any official communication from PTI regarding Pakistan’s GSP+ status. Additionally, PTI has denied allegations of writing any such letter to the EU. GSP+ status […]