Claim: A video shows Aleema Khan calling Chief of Army Staff Asim Munir a radicalised Islamist who wants a war with India, during an interview with Yalda Hakim of Sky News. Fact: The clip is doctored. Moreover, Yalda Hakim refuted the claim, saying it was a deepfake. On 3 December, an X user that Soch […]
Claim: During a speech, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that India would use Afghanistan to fight Pakistan. Fact: A review of the original footage and AI-based deepfake detection models confirms that the clip was manipulated. A video of Indian prime minister has been shared online containing the following text: “بھارتی صحافی گیتا بسو اس نے […]
Claim: An Indian news broadcast praised Pakistan. Fact: The claim is false. The audio is likely generated through AI voice synthesis and overlaid on a real news broadcast. The headlines in the footage do not refer to Pakistan. A clip of an Indian news broadcast has been shared online, containing the following text: پاکستان پوری […]
Claim: Indian defence chief Gen Anil Chauhan has admitted that his country lost seven planes in the four-day war with Pakistan in May 2025. He also confessed that his country requested a ceasefire. Fact: The video is not authentic. It was doctored, likely using AI tools, which was confirmed by Soch Fact Check’s analysis. Furthermore, […]
Claim: US President Donald Trump wore a fighter jet pin during a meeting with Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and army chief, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, to humiliate India and indicate Islamabad’s victory over New Delhi in the May 2025 conflict. Fact: Trump wore the pin during a meeting with Turkish President Recep Tayyip […]
Claim: Federal Minister for Planning, Development and Special Initiatives Pakistan, Ahsan Iqbal, said that Field Marshal Asim Munir may not be suitable for the position he has been appointed to. Fact: This claim is false. A video of the complete press conference in question shows that Ahsan Iqbal was citing three negative perceptions that he […]
Claim: Multiple videos of Elon Musk show him talking about Pakistan and India days after the two countries engaged in a military conflict in May 2025. Fact: None of the videos are authentic as footage from Musk’s previous appearances has been superimposed with doctored audio to create a nationalistic narrative through deepfake content. The manipulation […]
Claim: PM Shehbaz Sharif has admitted defeat to India, saying Pakistan faced a “lack of resources” and “political isolation”. He laments no support from friendly or powerful countries, apart from Türkiye, and expresses fear that “Pakistan may end up being taken over by the enemy”. Fact: The video is doctored, likely through AI. It uses […]
Claim: Four videos show the Indian Army’s attacks on Rawalpindi in May 2025. Fact: The videos are old and unrelated; they actually show Iran’s ballistic missiles raining down in Israel in October 2024. On 10 May 2025, Instagram user @pavankumarkudithipati_official posted (archive) a collage of three videos showing missiles hitting various locations, apparently in Rawalpindi […]
Claim: According to a notice issued by the Ministry of Defence (MoD) on 14 May 2025, Air Vice Marshal Aurangzeb Ahmed has been terminated. Fact: The letter, allegedly from the Ministry of Defence, is not authentic. It originated from the Indian political satire account ‘The Baingan’ and was also labelled as satire. X user Amitabh […]
Claim: An explicit video of Hania Aamir has been leaked causing an uproar online. Fact: The claim is false. No such video of Hania Aamir was leaked. The viral posts use her photographs from a past photoshoot and a false caption to mislead users. The comments section of the posts include a link to a […]
Claim: Al Jazeera broadcast a video showing the Indian Army’s bombardment of Sialkot in Pakistan’s Punjab province. Fact: The video is actually from Palestine and shows Al Jazeera’s coverage of the bombing of a hospital in Gaza. On 13 May 2025, X user @PranayHinger posted (archive) a video showing heavy bombardment in an area as […]