Claim: At the FIFA World Cup 2026, a toddler told Donald Trump that she prefers Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan over the US president. Fact: The video is altered and originally from Trump’s 2016 presidential campaign, not from the 2026 FIFA World Cup. Moreover, the child is not a girl but a boy. In […]
Claim: Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif signed a fictitious copy of the Islamabad Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), likely as a public relations move, rather than the actual one that has the signatures of Iran’s President Masoud Pezeshkian and US President Donald Trump. Fact: The viral posts include visuals of the Islamabad MoU at different stages. […]
Claim: An image shows an Iranian footballer paying tribute at the FIFA World Cup, holding up a backpack to honour the 168 Iranian girls killed in a US strike on a school in Minab, Iran. Fact: The Iranian men’s football team did honour the airstrike victims, but this event took place in 2026 March, not […]
Claim: An image shows US President Donald Trump bowing down to Chinese President Xi Jinping while greeting each other at the US-China Summit this month. Fact: This claim is false. The viral image is AI-generated. On 23 May 2026, local news website The Pakistan Frontier posted an image on its Instagram page showing US President […]
Claim: The reel shows President Donald Trump leaning over a table and opening a notebook, after which Chinese Leader Xi Jinping walks away. Fact: This claim is false. The notebook in question belongs to President Trump. On 18 May 2026, Facebook user Atta Muhammad Kaloi posted a viral news video with the caption: ‘رمپ کی […]
Claim: The Washington Post reported that US President Donald Trump has accepted Iran as a nuclear power and signed a deal accepting all of Iran’s conditions. Fact: Trump has not signed any deal with Iran and has not accepted the country as a nuclear power. There is no such report by The Washington Post either, […]
Claim: A viral video shows US President Donald Trump being evacuated by his security detail from the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Fact: The video is likely AI-generated. On 28 April 2026, Facebook user Naimat Khuhro posted a video with the following caption in Sindhi: ايران تي پَنجاھ پَنجاھ مڻن جا ھزارين بم ھڻندڙ آمريڪي صدر […]
Claim: In a Truth Social post about possibly travelling to Islamabad to sign a deal with Iran, US President Donald Trump praised Pakistanis as “handsome” and “intelligent” compared to their “eastern neighbors” — Indians — and expressed a desire to meet the fighter pilots who “hit mighty Rafales” during the May 2025 conflict, comparing the […]
Claim: A video claims US President Donald Trump carried a white flag and bowed down, after accepting defeat in the US-Israel war against Iran. Fact: The claim is false, and the clip is likely AI-generated. On 8 April 2026, a Facebook page, named AK Today, posted a reel of Trump climbing down a plane while […]
Claim: Visuals show Pakistani fighter jets escorting the Iranian delegation as they travel to Islamabad to discuss the terms for a two-week ceasefire between Iran and the United States. Fact: The visuals are old and unrelated. One video actually shows Pakistani jets escorting Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in February 2019. The second […]
Claim: A video shows an attack on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s house by Iran, which “fired seven drones and hypersonic missiles”, in March 2026. Fact: The video actually shows the 9/11 attacks. On 9 March 2026, Facebook page ‘Doctor ilyas’ posted (archive) a video showing a building being struck by an aircraft, causing a […]
Claim: A video shows a protest against US President Donald Trump outside Trump Tower following the recent release of the Epstein Files. Fact: The viral video combines two clips that predate the recent release of the Epstein Files. The first clip was likely filmed in Chicago during a No Kings protest and was first shared […]