Claim: A clip shows traffic caused by Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur’s convoy travelling to Islamabad to participate in a PTI rally in October 2024. Fact: The video has no connection to the PTI or its October 2024 gathering in Islamabad. It actually shows a traffic jam on a major Los Angeles thoroughfare […]
Claim: An image shows a large turnout at the PTI rally held in Lahore on 21 September 2024. Fact: The photograph is old, and appeared on the internet as early as March 2022. On the eve of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s rally in Lahore on 21 September, X users @iihtishamm and @Lalika79 shared a photo of a […]
Claim: A video shows a large convoy of PTI supporters from Malakand travelling to Islamabad to attend the party’s rally near Sangjani on 8 September 2024. Fact: The video has nothing to do with the PTI’s rally in September. It was originally posted on 14 August 2024 and shows traffic at Chattar Top during Independence […]
Claim: A video shows Ali Amin Gandapur, Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and a senior leader of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), apologising for the violent protests that erupted on 9 May 2023 following the arrest of former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Fact: The video is misleading as it was altered to give a false impression. […]
Claim: A screenshot shows Chief Minister Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Ali Amin Gandapur’s statement on the clashes at the Bannu peace march and he praised the armed forces for saving the area from major destruction. Fact: The claim is misleading as the Chief Minister praised the armed forces in the context of the terrorist attack on Bannu […]
Claim: A court has disqualified Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur from his provincial assembly seat on account of a wrong declaration of his assets. Fact: The politician has not been disqualified. After the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) initially accepted a plea for Gandapur’s disqualification, the Peshawar High Court stayed the ECP’s […]
Claim: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Chief Minister Ali Amin Gandapur has tweeted declaring a general amnesty, forgiving all public and private officers who supported oppression against the PTI. Fact: The politician did not give any such statement. The viral tweet was posted by a fake account, @Ali_Amin_khan, impersonating Gandapur. His official account is @AliAminKhanPTI. In March, a […]
Claim: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has issued a letter congratulating Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Ali Amin Gandapur for being nominated as the candidate for Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s (KP) chief minister. Fact: The letter circulating on social media is fake. The TTP did not issue any such letter. Elections 2024 According to the results issued by the ECP, independent […]
Claim: A social media post by Geo News suggests that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s chief Imran Khan said those who sexually assaulted former minister Ali Amin Gandapur should be ashamed. Fact: Khan did not give any such statement. The graphic doing the rounds on social media is doctored. Fact or Fiction? On 9 April 2023, Twitter user […]