Claim: An image shows human rights lawyer Imaan Mazari posing with university lecturer Usman Qazi, who was recently arrested for his alleged involvement with the militant group Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA). Fact: The image is doctored. The original photo shows Mazari next to her father. An X user posted a photo (archive) that shows the […]
Claim: Several videos depict the final moments of a woman from Balochistan who was brutally murdered in a case of an honour killing that recently went viral on Pakistani social media. Fact: All the videos are fake and AI-generated. They appear to be dramatised versions of the incident, and do not represent factual events. Multiple […]
Claim: A video shows Hyrbyair Marri admitting that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi funds terrorist activities in Balochistan. Fact: The video has tell-tale signs of AI manipulation. On 4 July, X user @War_Analysts posted a video (archive) that purportedly showed Hyrbyair Marri complaining that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi had stopped funding the efforts aimed […]
Claim: Siasat.pk quoted lawyer Imaan Mazari as saying that Punjabis killed by the proscribed militant group the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) are not martyrs. Fact: Siasat.pk did not report any such statement by Imaan Mazari. The image in the claim is doctored and the statement has been falsely attributed to the lawyer. On 12 July, […]
Claim: A video shows the Baloch people marching after declaring “war on the state” following Dr Mahrang Baloch’s arrest. Fact: The video is unrelated to the protests against Mahrang Baloch’s arrest or the ongoing situation in Balochistan. It is from Yemen, was posted online as early as 27 June 2024, and shows a custom or […]
Claim: A video shows police officers mistreating and beating three women in Balochistan. Fact: While the video does show police officers mistreating three women, the incident occurred in the Swat District of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in 2021. On 13 March 2025, a video on Facebook claimed to show police officers in Balochistan mistreating three […]
Claim: An image shows Dr Mahrang Baloch standing in front of the poster of BLA insurgent Rafiq Bizenjo, a suicide bomber who attacked the Quetta Railway Station in November 2024. Fact: The image is altered. On 22 March, X user posted a photo of Dr Mahrang Baloch, purportedly showing her standing in front of a […]
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 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 video shows the Pakistani military’s operation against the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) after the hijacking of the Jaffar Express in Balochistan. Fact: The video has been on the internet since 2012 and shows an anti-Taliban military operation in Afghanistan, most likely conducted by the US. On 11 March 2025, the BLA […]