Claim: A video shows the Pakistan Army sneaking away bodies of the soldiers killed in the March 2025 operation against the BLA following the Jaffar Express hijacking. Fact: The video predates the Jaffar Express hijacking and appeared online as early as March 2024. On 14 March 2025, X (formerly Twitter) user @jpsin1 posted (archive) a […]
Claim: A video shows civilians passengers released by the BLA a few hours after the separatist militant group hijacked the Jaffar Express in March 2025. Fact: The clip predates the Jaffar Express hijacking. On 12 March 2025, X user @safarkhanb posted (archive) a video showing a group of people in a mountainous area with the […]
Claim: A video shows a BLA militant arrested alive by the Pakistan Army following an operation against the armed group after it hijacked the Jaffar Express in March 2025. Fact: The video in question appeared online as early as 6 March 2025, which predates the Jaffar Express hijacking. According to the ISPR’s statement, the Pakistan […]
Claim: A picture shows the dead bodies of the BLA militants who were killed in an operation by the Pakistan Army after the armed group targeted and hijacked Jaffar Express on 11 March 2025. Fact: The picture predates the Jaffar Express hijacking and likely shows the bodies of some of the men who were reportedly […]
Claim: A video clip shows four army helicopters heading to Bolan to counter BLA militants who had hijacked Jaffar Express on 11 March 2025. Fact: The video is old and unrelated to the Jaffar Express hijacking. It was posted as early as January 2025. On 11 March 2025, Facebook user ‘Toran Torani’ posted (archive) a […]
Claim: A viral video on social media shows an improvised explosive device (IED) attack on Jaffar Express in Balochistan by the Baloch Liberation Army (BLA). Fact: The video is old and unrelated to the attack carried out on Jaffar Express on 11 March 2025. It is actually from January 2022 when the BLA similarly attacked […]
Claim: A vehicle riddled with bullets is evidence of state authorities’ firing on the PTI protesters during the November 2024 demonstrations in Islamabad, according to a viral video. Fact: The video has no connection to the PTI protest. It actually shows the aftermath of an attack by the militant group BLA on private security guards […]
Claim: An image on social media shows the recent attacks by the BLA in Mach, Balochistan. Fact: The claim is false because the image is from the 2021 blast at the Serena Hotel in Quetta, Balochistan. On 30 January 2024, an Indian user Baba Banaras posted an image (archived) on X (formerly Twitter) with the […]