Claim: A social media video shows Tarbela Dam reaching its total capacity and the dam’s spillways being opened to avoid any damage to the barrier in August 2022. Fact: The claim is misleading. The video is not from August 2022 but was reportedly shared in 2015 after an earthquake in October 2015 jolted Pakistan. On […]
Claim: An image shared on Twitter depicts three individuals who died in the July 2022 flash floods in Balochistan. Fact: The image is old and was first reported in 2019 when Balochistan was hit by monsoon floods. On 29 July 2022, Twitter user and writer Khadim Hussain shared an image with a caption; “The heart-wrenching […]