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Claim: Islamabad High Court IHC) Justice Miangul Hassan Aurangzeb filed a petition against the ISI chief in the Supreme Court of Pakistan. Fact: No such petition has been filed in the Supreme Court. The IHC denied the statement in an official press release. On 3 July 2024, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) MPA Fauzia Siddiqui claimed, in […]

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Claim: The Intercept is an Indian propaganda tool run by an Indian named Sumi Agarwal  Fact: The Intercept is an investigative journalism platform co-founded by Glenn Greenwald, Jeremy Scahill and Laura Poitras. Pierre Omidyar, eBay founder and philanthropist, provided the funding to launch The Intercept in 2014.  On 18 December 2023, X (formerly, Twitter) account […]

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Claim: The Australian government has banned 50 military generals from Pakistan.  Fact: The Australian parliament has not decided to ban Pakistani military generals from entering the country.  On 5 June 2023, a Twitter user shared a video claiming that the Australian government has banned 50 military Generals from the Pakistan Army for being involved in […]

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Claim: A social media picture claims that it is an image of Major General Faisal Naseer, who serves as the Director General of Counter Intelligence at the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI). Fact: The claim is false. The man in the image is Lt. General Sardar Hassan Azhar Hayat, Corps Commander Peshawar; the image is falsely associated […]

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Claim: A video shared on Facebook shows former Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) chief Lt Gen Ahmad Shuja Pasha making “shocking revelations” about the country’s nuclear assets being “at risk”. Fact: The video does not show Lt Gen Shuja Pasha. It appears to have been taken from the now-deleted YouTube channel of Pakistan Army veteran Captain (R) […]

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