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Claim: Miftah Ismail said that Imran Khan is a good politician, the military helped remove him from power, and elections should be held within 90 days. Fact: Miftah Ismail’s interview with We News was taken out of context. Three separate sentences were spliced together, which inaccurately portrayed his views as supporting Imran Khan. On 20 […]

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Claim: A Dawn report quotes Imran Khan as saying “hope lies with the establishment in ending this farce” in a live address on 15 March 2022. Fact: Khan actually said, “I would like to say it to the judiciary, before anything else, that the only hope we have left is in the judiciary.” He then […]

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Claim: A viral video claims The New York Times published a story with the headline,  ‘Due to security concerns in Pakistan, Pakistan’s former Army Chief General Bajwa moved to America with his family.’  Fact: The headline is doctored and the claim is false. The New York Times did not publish such a headline or story […]

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Claim: Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif has publicly endorsed a “soft intervention” in the country by the Pakistan Army and has said that if a soft intervention can lead to any sort of benefit to the country, then he is ready to accept it. Fact: Capital TV spread a false headline claiming that Prime […]

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