Claim: A poster alluding to Field Marshal Asim Munir’s possible retirement or extension has been displayed in multiple cities across Pakistan. Fact: The image is digitally altered. The Field Marshal’s picture was likely superimposed on a 2016 poster that originally featured the army chief at the time, General Raheel Sharif. An image shared on Facebook […]
Claim: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has urged Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, to resign over his failure to be a good leader, especially after his inability to handle the October 2025 protests by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). Fact: The video actually shows Iqbal’s remarks during a press conference in November 2021 when […]
Claim: Visuals show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu present at a White House meeting between US President Donald Trump and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and its army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir. Fact: The pictures are digitally altered, while the video has been created synthetically, likely using AI tools. In late September 2025, social […]
Claim: Multiple videos have surfaced online showing young soldiers from the Pakistan Army accusing senior generals of seeking service extensions and demanding the same for themselves. Fact: The viral videos do not depict real events. All three were likely created using Sora, an AI text-to-video model as they contain the application’s logo. Video 1: A […]
Claim: A picture shows Field Marshal Asim Munir wearing an Israeli flag around his shoulders. Fact: The image is doctored. In the original, Munir is wearing an Ihram while performing Umrah in Saudi Arabia in June 2025. On 30 September 2025, a Facebook user posted (archive) an image of Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Syed […]
Claim: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif bowed down to touch Donald Trump’s feet during his recent meeting with the US president at the Oval Office. Fact: The viral video is fake and does not depict real events. It was likely created using AI tools. A video shared online shows Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif bowing down to […]
Claim: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Pakistan, Ahsan Iqbal, said that Field Marshal Asim Munir may not be suitable for the position he has been appointed to. Fact: This claim is false. A video of the complete press conference in question shows that Ahsan Iqbal was citing three negative perceptions that he […]