Claim: A video shows a huge crowd in London protesting against Pakistan’s Army Chief General Asim Munir during his recent visit to the United Kingdom. Fact: The claim is misleading because the video is from November 2024 and is actually from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) protest in Brescia, Italy. On 20 February 2025, an X account, […]
Claim: The Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi freed Imran Khan from jail. Fact: This claim is false. Khan has not been freed from jail. On 12 November 2024, a post on Facebook shared a video, claiming that the Chief Justice of Pakistan Yahya Afridi had released former Prime Minister Imran Khan from […]
Claim: On his three-day visit to the US in 2019, former premier Imran Khan was not received by any American official, forcing him to travel by metro train inside the US. Fact: Mary-Kate Fisher, then Acting Chief of Protocol of the US, was one of the officials to receive Khan on his three-day visit […]
Claim: Maryam Nawaz refuses to answer a student during a question and answer session when asked about Imran Khan’s imprisonment. Fact: The claim is false; the clip of the student is from an entirely unrelated television show. Complete footage of the episode revealed that Maryam Nawaz did not appear on the news show at all […]
Claim: A video shows Bilawal Bhutto Zardari criticising Shehbaz Sharif and the PML-N while speaking at the National Assembly. Fact: PPP Chairman did not target the PML-N or the Prime Minister in the speech in question. In fact, the speech dates back to March 2024, long before tensions arose between the PML-N and PPP. Different […]
Claim: During a heated speech in the National Assembly, Shazia Marri allegedly said, “Release Imran Khan, or you’ll have to face Trump’s wrath.” Fact: This claim is false. The embedded text in the video does not match what Marri said in her National Assembly speech from August 2024. In fact, she originally criticised PTI members […]
Claim: During a recent interview, former Chief Justice Qazi Faez Isa claimed that hidden powers influenced anti-PTI verdicts and his role was limited. Fact: The claim is false as the audio in the video is doctored. The actual interview dates back to October 2022, before Qazi Faez Isa became Chief Justice, and he did not […]
Claim: Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said “For Pakistan’s better future, former Prime Minister Imran Khan must be brought back.” Fact: The claim is false since there is no evidence that the judge made this statement. It is also unlikely he said this as the judicial code of conduct prohibits judges from engaging in public controversy, […]
Claim: A video shows Indian spectators chanting “Qaidi [Prisoner] Number 804” during the India vs. Pakistan match at the ICC Champions Trophy 2025 in Dubai. Fact: The video is dubbed. The original clip shows spectators chanting, “Jeetay ga bhai jeetay ga, India jeetay ga”. Following the India-Pakistan match on 23 February 2025, social media users, […]
Claim: Hamid Mir revealed that Imran Khan recently slapped a colonel in Adiala jail. Fact: The claim is false as no such statement was made by the journalist or reported in the media. Hamid Mir refuted the claim as well. On 26 January 2025, a Facebook user posted an image of an army officer with […]
Claim: Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan reminisced about Imran Khan while addressing the National Assembly during his February 2025 trip. He said he “wished” that he “could shake hands with” the former prime minister and hoped to “meet Imran Khan” in the future. Fact: Erdoğan did not make any such remarks; in fact, he never […]
Claim: Ali Amin Gandapur said that Imran Khan is unhappy with provincial earnings not being directed to Bani Gala. Fact: Gandapur has made no such statement. The voice in the video is dubbed and does not belong to Gandapur. The video of him is originally from a press conference on curbing terrorism and countering […]