Claim: A statement circulating on social media asserts that Sri Lanka is borrowing a loan worth PKR 20 crore from Pakistan. The claim has been attributed to Pakistani actor Nabeel Zafar, who allegedly compared the situation to asking for salt from a household dealing with a funeral. Fact: Sri Lanka is not borrowing money from […]
Claim: Pakistan has shot down an Indian Sukhoi jet near Bahawalpur for violating the Line of Control (LoC). Fact: No such incident took place. An accompanying image is from June 2024 when an Indian jet crashed in Nashik, Maharashtra, due to what was reported to be a “technical snag”. On 27 April 2025, Facebook page […]
Claim: A video showing heavy artillery exchange between India and Pakistan, in the Tatta Pani sector along the Line of Control (LoC), has emerged online. The skirmish was reported amid the rise in diplomatic tensions between the two countries, following the militant attack on tourists in Pahalgam, in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir. Fact: The video […]
Claim: In the wake of the Pahalgam attack, personnel within the Pakistan armed forces have sent in a mass number of requests for resignation. Fact: Two letters being circulated online are fake as they contain a number of linguistic, and visual errors. On 28 April 2025, a user on X (formerly Twitter) posted […]
Claim: A video circulating widely on social media claims to show the final moments of Indian naval officer Lieutenant Vinay Narwal and his wife before Narwal was killed in the Pahalgam attack on 23 April. Fact: The video does not feature Lieutenant Vinay Narwal and his wife. It actually shows another couple, Ashish Sehrawat and […]
Claim: A video shows police prevented Muslims from praying on Eid in Indian occupied Kashmir. Fact: The video shows Indian police officers violently enforcing COVID-19 lockdown by hitting people with sticks in 2020. On 31 March 2025, a post on Facebook showed a video of police officials threatening and hitting people with canes. […]
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: Chris Gayle’s daughter, Shamilia Connell, managed to turn the tables and clinched victory against India in a recent cricket match. Fact: Shamilia Connell is not Chris Gayle’s daughter. The accompanying video in the claim is doctored to show that the West Indies won whereas India actually won the cricket match in question. […]
Claim: Image shows the arrest of Gautam Adani, an Indian billionaire, who was recently indicted for fraud and bribery charges by the US federal prosecutors. Fact: The image is AI-generated. Arrest warrants have been issued for Adani but there are no credible reports stating he has been taken into custody at the time of publishing. […]
Claim: Rana Ayyub posted on X that she “hates India and Indians.” Fact: The quote is fabricated. The screenshot of such an X post by Rana Ayyub is doctored. On 11 November, X user @ImtiazMadmood posted a picture (archive) allegedly showing an X post by Rana Ayyub in which she wrote that she hated “India […]
Claim: Two images show Chinese military tanks entering India. Fact: The first image shows Russian military personnel conducting adaptive training for a joint military drill with Chinese forces in August 2021, while the second image shows the Chinese military disengaging from the India-China border in Ladakh in February 2021. Images of military tanks entering India […]
Claim: A group of statues in Bangladesh’s Mujibnagar Memorial Complex, commemorating the signing of the Instrument of Surrender between India and Pakistan in 1971, was “demolished” during the 2024 protests. Fact: The statues in question were not “demolished” but just slightly damaged, according to evidence from news and video reports. A fact-checker in Bangladesh also […]