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 […]
Claim: A letter from Pakistan’s Climate Change Ministry confirms a “radiation leak” at one of the country’s nuclear facilities after a brief military conflict with India. This letter was apparently signed by a top official of the so-called NRSD. Fact: The letter is doctored and no such document has been issued by any Pakistani governmental […]
Claim: US President Donald Trump mocked Pakistan after India announced plans to suspend the Indus Waters Treaty. Fact: Donald Trump did not mock Pakistan. The viral video is from 2016, recorded during a campaign rally in Texas, where Trump mocked his then-Republican rival Marco Rubio. A Facebook user shared a clip (archive) of the US […]
Claim: A video shows a Rafale fighter jet of the Indian Air Force ablaze after it was shot down by Pakistan near the Line of Control (LoC), in the Poonch district of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Fact: The video is from June 2024 and shows a Sukhoi fighter jet of the Indian Air Force […]
Claim: According to a notice issued by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) on 10 May 2025, Imran Khan passed away in judicial custody. Fact: Imran Khan is alive; the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) did not issue any notice announcing his death. X user Amitabh Chaudhary (@MithilaWaala) shared a screenshot of an alleged press […]
Claim: A video shows the aftermath of a Pakistani strike on India’s Udhampur air base during the early hours of 10 May 2025. Fact: The video predates Pakistan’s retaliatory strikes in India. On 10 May 2025, many Pakistani news channels posted a video that they claimed shows a giant fire at the Indian Air Force’s […]
Claim: India has officially surrendered and accepted its defeat in the war with Pakistan. Fact: India did not make any such statements. Comments by a top Indian Army officer about reciprocal military deescalation have been misrepresented. On 10 May 2025, X user @_faridkhan posted (archive) a video of Colonel Sofiya Qureshi — an officer from […]
Claim: A video shows a fire at the PAF’s Nur Khan Airbase in Rawalpindi after India launched missile attacks across Pakistan’s eastern region. Fact: India did launch attacks on Pakistani airbases, but the video in question is from December 2023 when a fire erupted due to a tanker accident. On 10 May 2025, Instagram user […]
Claim: India carried out a drone attack on Faisal Mosque in Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. Fact: Officials have confirmed that there was no attack on Faisal Mosque. An accompanying video is from an unrelated fire from 2024. On 8 May 2025, social media posts emerged online claiming that Islamabad’s Faisal Mosque had been targeted by India […]
Claim: A viral video shows Pakistanis leaving India in large numbers. Fact: The claim is false. The video is not from the India-Pakistan border. In fact, it shows displaced Palestinians waiting at the Netzarim corridor along Salah al-Din highway in the Gaza strip following a ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas in January 2025. On […]
Claim: Plumes of smoke can be seen in a video depicting India’s airstrikes in Bahawalpur, Pakistan. Fact: The video has no connection to Pakistan or India. It is originally from Palestine and shows Israel’s bombardment of Gaza. On 7 May 2025, Sabir Shakir, a YouTuber and TV anchor previously associated with ARY News, and TV9 […]
Claim: In response to a question from CNN’s Becky Anderson, Defence Minister Khawaja Asif said he saw the proof of three Indian fighter jets shot down by Pakistan on social media. Fact: The claim is misleading. Asif did not say that social media was his source of evidence for claiming that Pakistan had shot down […]