Claim: A video claims to show a large crowd at the recent protests in India by the Cockroach Janta Party. Fact: The claim is false. The video actually shows the Jagannath Puri Rath Yatra festival in Odisha, India. On 23 July 2026, X user Saif Awan posted a video with the Urdu caption: جنتر منتر […]
Claim: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi resigned and approved the dissolution of the Lok Sabha in July 2026. Fact: The claim is false. Narendra Modi has not resigned and the 18th Lok Sabha remains in session. In late July 2026, a Facebook page called Sky News Urdu Pakistan shared a reel falsely claiming that Indian […]
Claim: Seven protesters were killed, 391 injured, 32 critically injured, and more than 250 arrested by the Indian Army and Delhi Police during the 20 July 2026 CJP protest in Delhi. Fact: No protest-related deaths were reported. Available evidence does not support the claimed injury toll, number of critical cases, or arrest total. On 20 […]
Claim: Indian External Affairs Minister Dr Subrahmanyam Jaishankar has accused the United States of hosting “non-state actors” who launch “anti-India movements” like the Cockroach Janta Party (CJP), whose leadership is “acting as proxies of Iran and Pakistan”. He also requested US President Donald Trump to hand over such people. Fact: The video is altered, likely […]
Claim: A viral video shows people chanting slogans against Qazi Faez Isa during a flight. Fact: The audio in the video is dubbed over footage of the former Chief Justice aboard a flight. A video (archive) shared from the Facebook account PTI Islamabad shows Qazi Faez Isa on a plane with the text, “ایسا کرنا […]
Claim: JUI-F’s member Maulana Asad Mehmood has been nominated for the post of Governor of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and current Governor Faisal Kundi has been dismissed by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif. Fact: The claim is false. Faisal Kundi is still the Governor of KP, and JUI-F’s media cell has also refuted the claim. On 21 October […]
Claim: A viral image shows Sahar Ata Bandial, the daughter of Pakistan’s former top judge, Umar Ata Bandial. Fact: The image does not show Sahar Bandial but Shiffa Z. Yousafzai. On 13 September 2023, the X (formerly Twitter) user @Drsamina19 posted a picture (archive) claiming it shows Sahar Ata Bandial, the daughter of former Chief […]
Claim: A video shows Sahar Bandial, the daughter of Chief Justice Umar Ata Bandial, dancing with a group of young women. Fact: The video does not show Sahar Bandial, who confirmed to Soch Fact Check that she is not any of the women in the viral clip. On 1 April 2023, Facebook page ‘چوہدری زمان […]
Claim: Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Umar Ata Bandial during a hearing pertaining to the election of Punjab’s chief minister was reported as saying, “It is rainy season [but] no one brought pakoras for us,” according to a Geo News bulletin. Fact: Justice Bandial made no such comment; a Geo News bulletin was doctored to […]