Claim: An image shows Noreen Niazi Khan holding the Holy Quran upside down during a recitation. Fact: The viral image is edited. On 4 February, Facebook user “Tigre Pmln” shared an image of PTI’s founder Imran Khan’s sisters Uzma Niazi and Noreen Niazi, holding a Quran upside down, with the caption: “استغفراللہ استغفراللہ یہ بھی […]
Claim: A video shows a PTI supporter claiming he would give up his wife and daughters for Imran Khan. Fact: The viral clip is AI-generated and does not depict real events. On 21 January, a Facebook user shared a video with the following caption: “اینکر اگر اپ سے عمران خان اپکی دونوں بیٹیاں مانگے تو […]
Claim: A video shows a Pakistan Army soldier admitting that the people of Tirah Valley are facing injustice at the hands of the state. Fact: The clip is AI-generated. On 25 January, an X user who Soch Fact Check has consistently fact-checked in the past posted a video (archive) of a Pakistan Army soldier admitting […]
Claim: A video circulating online shows a recent protest outside Adiala jail. Fact: The viral video is most likely AI-generated. A video shared online shows a large crowd gathered outside Adiala jail in Rawalpindi, chanting various slogans. While some of the slogans are inaudible, the more familiar phrases included “Imran Khan” and “Reha karo Imran […]
Claim: A video shows Field Marshal Asim Munir crying while delivering a speech. Fact: The clip is fake. A reel shared recently on Facebook shows the Field Marshal breaking down into tears. Fact or Fiction? Soch Fact Check suspected the video is fake, mainly as it appeared to be tongue-in-cheek humour or spoof. The video […]
Claim: Bangladesh replaced Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s statue with one of Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan. Fact: We did not find any credible news reports or other evidence to suggest that such a statue exists anywhere in Bangladesh. The image of Imran Khan’s statue in the claim is fake. A video shared on Facebook contains the […]
Claim: A video shows a soldier calling for the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and for a reduced corruption in Pakistan after the IMF released a report about corruption issues across state institutions in the country. Fact: Analysis of the footage reveals it is AI-generated. A Facebook user posted a video (archive) apparently […]
Claim: Pakistan Army spokesperson Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry spoke favourably about Imran Khan and asked for his forgiveness in a video interview, while criticising the military chief, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir. Fact: The video has been digitally altered, likely using AI. The footage used for the manipulated clip is originally from a BBC […]
Claim: Three videos show Pakistani soldiers criticising the armed forces’ actions, as well as Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir’s allegedly authoritarian leadership. The first shows an officer telling another that there was a need to take “a decisive step”. Two other clips depict senior officers sitting among colleagues while speaking on phone and lamenting the […]
Claim: A video shows a mass funeral in Afghanistan following the recent earthquakes in the northeastern areas of the country. Fact: The video is AI-generated, and previously circulated online in context of the deadly floods in Buner, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this year. Following an earthquake in eastern Afghanistan, a video was shared online claiming to show […]
Claim: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has issued a statement titled “Bajaur clashes: losses of the mujahideen and an appeal to the public,” in which it admits losses and appeals to locals to provide its fighters a safe passage. Fact: The statement is not authentic and was likely created using Meta AI. On 29 July 2025, […]
Claim: A video shows Africa’s elected president, Ibrahim Traoré, chastising Pakistanis for not speaking up for Imran Khan — whom he praises as a leader “of the entire Muslim Ummah” — and vowing to raise his voice for the former premier at the United Nations. Two other clips show him glorifying the Pakistani leader and […]