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Karachi airport

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Claim: A viral video shows a recent terror attack on Pakistan’s security forces. Fact: The footage is not from either of the recent suicide attacks reported in Balochistan and  Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In fact, it dates back to October 2024 and shows the aftermath of an explosion near Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport. On 30 November, a […]

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Claim: People holding passports issued from Punjab are banned from travelling via Jinnah International Airport, Karachi. Fact: The claim is false. However, the FIA has imposed additional security measures to prevent “human trafficking” and “exploitation”, as well as to stop “agent mafias” from deceiving people. On 5 November 2025, Instagram account @ebuzztoday posted (archive) a […]

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Claim: Pakistan International Airlines’ pilot mistakenly landed a Peshawar-bound flight in Karachi. Fact: The flight landed in Karachi due to technical issues in the aircraft.  A Facebook user shared a video (archive) of angry passengers on an airplane, with the caption: کا پائیلٹ پشاور جانے والی فلائیٹ کو غلطی سے کراچی لے آیا // کیا […]

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Claim: Two videos show Airport Security Force (ASF) officials misbehaving and manhandling passengers at Karachi’s Jinnah International Airport. Fact: The viral video is actually two separate clips clubbed together; the first, depicting women being manhandled, is from a 2017 incident in Rawalpindi, not Karachi, whereas the second is from 2018. On 15 January 2023, Facebook […]

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Claim: A video shared on social media shows a Pakistan International Airlines’ plane moving through a flooded runway at Jinnah International Airport in Karachi amid heavy monsoon rain.  Fact: The video in question is from 27 August 2020. The Civil Aviation Authority also confirmed the video is old and that there were no drainage issues […]

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