Claim: A viral social media post claims that PTI leader Shaukat Tarin had been arrested by the FIA. Fact: He has not been arrested, but he has been charged and may be taken into custody in the near future. In August 2022, two audio clips surfaced of a telephone conversation between PTI Senator Shaukat Tarin […]
Claim: CCTV footage shows a recent mugging at an ATM in Karachi. Fact: The CCTV footage is old and can be found online as early as April 2009. The video does not show a recent mugging at an ATM in Karachi. On 2 February 2023, Facebook user ‘Haris Gulzar’ posted a video (archive) showing what […]
Claim: Viral images and videos of a girl crying over a body in a coffin apparently show the daughter of journalist Arshad Sharif, who was recently killed in Kenya. Fact: The images and videos show Senator Usman Kakar’s daughter grieving her father who was murdered in 2019. On 23 October 2022, Pakistani journalist and news […]
Claim: Inspector General of Sindh Police, Ghulam Nabi Memon, claimed in a statement reported by ARY News that Karachi has a relatively lower crime rate compared to other cities in the world. Fact: According to data from the UNODC and crowd-sourced global statistics, Karachi is not one of the safer cities in the world. On […]
Claim: An Israeli journalist visited Makkahand Madina in July 2022 during the time of Hajj (7-12 July) on a permit issued by the Saudi government. Fact: Israeli journalist Gil Tamary entered Makkah unlawfully with the help of a Saudi man who was later arrested by Saudi authorities. On 20 July 2022, a Facebook page called […]