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 […]
Claim: A rally was held in China in support of Imran Khan. Fact: The absence of credible news reports, along withl inconsistencies in the video, suggest that it is not from China and neither does it show a political rally. In fact, it likely shows a Christmas parade in Germany. A video (archive) shared on […]
Claim: A video shows a man accusing soldiers of the Pakistan Army of assaulting his daughter. Fact: The claim is false. The video shows a political activist from Azad Jammu and Kashmir, Ghazi Shehzad, recounting a story he heard from a fellow inmate while imprisoned at Central Jail Srinagar in Indian-administered Kashmir. The alleged perpetrators […]
Claim: A video circulating online claims that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif accused Chief of Army Staff General Asim Munir of destroying the country and doing so in Sharif’s name. Fact: Sharif actually criticised former Prime Minister Imran Khan while reciting a couplet during a speech in Sheikhupura in 2023. The name “Munir” refers to the […]
Claim: US President Donald Trump called Imran Khan a convict who was involved in fraudulent cases. Trump further said that the Pakistani diaspora in the US urged him to advocate for the release of the jailed former Prime Minister of Pakistan. Fact: Trump did not make any such statement about Imran Khan. The audio in […]