Claim: A video shows police cracking down on PTI supporters outside Adiala jail, where Imran Khan is jailed. Fact: The clip is at least a year old and therefore unrelated to the recent protests by PTI supporters outside Adiala jail. On 26 November, an X user posted a clip (archive) claiming it shows the police […]
Claim: A video shows the police manhandling Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi outside Adiala jail in November 2025. Fact: The video is not connected to the recent protests as it appeared online in May 2025. In November 2025, X users posted a video apparently showing police beating up the Chief Minister Sohail Afridi, […]
Claim: An image shows the former Prime Minister Imran Khan dead inside Adiala jail in November 2025. Fact: This is not true. The image actually shows Khan alive at a political rally and was posted by Khan himself on X in August 2014, over a decade ago. On 26 November, an X account, “Ministry of […]
Claim: Bangladesh replaced Sheikh Mujibur Rahman’s statue with one of Pakistan’s former premier Imran Khan. Fact: We did not find any credible news reports or other evidence to suggest that such a statue exists anywhere in Bangladesh. The image of Imran Khan’s statue in the claim is fake. A video shared on Facebook contains the […]
Claim: A video shows a soldier calling for the release of former Prime Minister Imran Khan and for a reduced corruption in Pakistan after the IMF released a report about corruption issues across state institutions in the country. Fact: Analysis of the footage reveals it is AI-generated. A Facebook user posted a video (archive) apparently […]
Claim: An image shows former Bangladeshi prime minister Sheikh Hasina Wajid shaking hands with Imran Khan. Fact: Two separate photographs were used to create the viral image. On 17 November, Najam Wali Khan, a broadcast journalist at PTV news, shared an image showing Imran Khan shaking hands with Sheikh Hasina, writing, “حسینہ واجد کو بنگلہ […]
Claim: Viral posts claim that the former premier of Pakistan, Imran Khan, was killed in prison. Fact: There is no evidence that Khan is dead. The PTI has described the claims as “abominable rumours” spread “through Afghan and India media platforms and foreign social media accounts. On 26 November, many social media users claimed the […]
Claim: A video shows students at a school raising “Qaidi number 804” slogans during Maryam Nawaz’s visit. Fact: The claim is false; the audio of slogans is dubbed. A video of Punjab’s Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz’s visit to an educational institute has been shared online. It contains the following text: “لوجی سکول کے بچوں کو […]
Claim: Pakistan Army spokesperson Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry spoke favourably about Imran Khan and asked for his forgiveness in a video interview, while criticising the military chief, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir. Fact: The video has been digitally altered, likely using AI. The footage used for the manipulated clip is originally from a BBC […]
Claim: The newly-elected Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi has removed the Quaid-e-Azam’s portrait and the national flag from his office. Fact: The claim is false. The image accompanying the viral claim is a zoomed-in frame that does not show Jinnah’s portrait and the Pakistani flag. However, a review of the available footage revealed […]
Claim: A video shows Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim presenting Shehbaz Sharif with a book about Imran Khan on his recent official visit to Malaysia. Fact: The Malaysian Prime Minister did not give Shehbaz Sharif a book written about Khan. In fact, Sharif presented an Urdu version of Anwar Ibrahim’s book ‘Script’ during his recent […]
Claim: Three videos show Pakistani soldiers criticising the armed forces’ actions, as well as Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir’s allegedly authoritarian leadership. The first shows an officer telling another that there was a need to take “a decisive step”. Two other clips depict senior officers sitting among colleagues while speaking on phone and lamenting the […]