Claim: India’s Zindagi channel apologised to its viewers for the TV series “Barzakh” and took down all of the show’s episodes from YouTube. Fact: The channel did not issue any apology for producing “Barzakh” and only took down the episodes from YouTube Pakistan. The TV series can still be watched around the world. On 6 […]
Claim: An image shows a temple submerged in Bangladesh amid floods that were caused after India opened its dam gates. Fact: The claim is false as the image does not show a temple in Bangladesh. The photo depicts the Kapil Muni Temple, located in the Indian State of West Bengal, which shares a border with […]
Claim: Protesters burn the Indian flag in Dhaka, Bangladesh, while holding India responsible for recent floods in the country. Fact: The image is from 2009 when Muslims in Srinagar, in the Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir, burned the flag to celebrate Pakistan’s Independence Day. On 24 August, Threads user @farjana_afrin_tanha claimed (archive), “BREAKING: Indian flag burned […]
Claim: A viral photo shows protesters sleeping in the bed of Bangladesh’s former Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina. Fact: The viral photo shows Sri Lankan demonstrators sleeping on President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s bed at the President’s house in Colombo, Sri Lanka on 10 July 2022. Following news of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina’s resignation, several photos from the […]
Claim: A video shows a man garbed in a niqab getting caught red-handed for attempting to kidnap a child. Fact: The clip is scripted and was created by Indian YouTuber Ankur Jatuskarn in 2023. It has been debunked several times before. On 3 July 2024, X (formerly Twitter) account @EuropeInvasionn posted (archive) a video showing […]
Claim: The Government of India has released an official photo of the Saudi army chief meeting his Indian counterpart during his visit to the country in July 2024; The image hung in the background, which shows a Pakistani general signing the Instrument of Surrender that ended the 1971 war between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, was […]
Claim: Indian Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman travels to office by a metro train every day, according to a viral video on WhatsApp. Fact: Sitharaman does not travel to work via metro every day; the video, in fact, shows an uncommon instance when she took the Delhi Metro while travelling to an election campaign event of […]
Claim: Posters of Imran Khan have been put up in India in June 2024 to show support for the former Pakistani prime minister while he remains incarcerated. Fact: The clip circulating on WhatsApp is a news report from over four years ago about posters of Khan and Indian politician Navjot Singh Sidhu that were put […]
Claim: An Indian fighter jet crashed in Surat, Gujarat. Fact: The Tejas fighter jet made an emergency landing after fuel shortage at Surat International Airport. There is no credible evidence of a crash. On 11 June, X user @NavCom24 claimed (archived) that an Indian combat aircraft had crashed in Surat, a city in Gujarat state. […]
Claim: Pakistan cricket team’s coach, Gary Kirsten, resigned from his position after Pakistan’s defeat against India during the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024. Fact: There are no credible media reports about his resignation. There are no credible media reports about his resignation. Kirsten appeared at the post-match conference on 9 June to answer the […]
Claim: An Indian man will send an artificial limb for a camel whose right leg was chopped off in Sindh’s Sanghar district on 14 June. Fact: The camel will not receive any prosthetic limb from India. Instead, a Pakistani company, Bioniks, is supporting the injured animal by working on a prosthesis. On 16 June 2024, news […]
Claim: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif posted on X (formerly Twitter) that Pakistan would stipulate its own Citizenship Amendment Act to grant citizenship to persecuted Indian Muslims. This comes in response to India’s CAA, which is “undemocratic and communal,” says his post. Fact: The screenshot appears to be doctored. Shehbaz Sharif has not made any such […]