Claim: A video shows people raising the national flag of Afghanistan on a pedestrian bridge in Karachi’s Sohrab Goth neighbourhood during recent ethnic riots that flared up following the murder of Sindhi youth Bilal Kaka during a quarrel at a hotel. Fact: The video is in fact from August 2021 and shows people in Afghanistan’s […]
Claim: A video shows dark grey clouds looming over the shores of Karachi, Pakistan as the city expects severe thunderstorms. Fact: The video is, in fact, from 2021 when Hurricane Olaf struck the Baja California Peninsula in Mexico. On 14 July 2022, Soch Fact Check received a WhatsApp forwarded chain message containing a video of […]
Claim: A video shared on social media shows motorcycles slipping and toppling over on a flyover in Sanpada, Navi Mumbai due to the monsoon rain. Fact: The video was taken in Karachi, Pakistan, not Navi Mumbai, and shows motorcycles slipping and toppling over on Rashid Minhas road — near the Millenium Mall — following a […]
Claim: Capri Cinema “shuts down due to low audience after local film screenings”. Fact: Capri Cinema was closed between 23 May to 26 May 2022 due to low audience footfall and to cut down on operating costs. However, the cinema resumed screenings from 27 May with the premiere of Tom Cruise’s “Top Gun Maverick.” Fact […]
Claim: Over 200,000 people attended a protest held in Karachi on 11 April 2022, following former prime minister Imran Khan’s removal from office. Fact: In addition to sourcing comments from on-the-ground witnesses, Soch Fact Check used tools such as Map Checking to investigate the claim. Our most liberal estimate suggests that just over 100,000 people […]
Claim: An image of an x-ray of a set of teeth with a baby-like figure visible in the gum area is circulating on social media with the claim that a rare case of ectopic pregnancy in teeth has been reported at Karachi’s Carevian International Hospital. Fact: The image was posted as a joke by a […]
Claim: A picture shows a young woman at the Aurat March sporting a poster that, when translated from Urdu to English, says, “Khota Puli Chowk in Gujranwala should be renamed to Khoti Puli Chowk.” Fact: The text on the poster is doctored. The actual text is in Roman Urdu and translates to, “This is me, […]
Claim: A truck driver who was stopped on Karachi’s University Road for allegedly offending the religious sentiments of Muslims said his vehicle is owned by PepsiCo India. Fact: The truck in question does not belong to PepsiCo India, nor did the driver say his truck is owned by PepsiCo India. The word ‘India’ was not […]
Claim: Two mass Covid-19 vaccination centres in Karachi and Lahore are experiencing a shortage of the vaccine. Fact: The claim is half true, half false. Karachi’s Expo Centre has run out of stock of the CanSino Bio and Sinopharm vaccines. Only AstraZeneca and Sinovac are available, while Sinopharm is only available for those returning for […]
Claim: Minister Fawad Chaudhry called for the imposition of either governor’s rule of Article 148 in Sindh. Fact: Chaudhry ruled out the possibility of the governor’s rule, calling it undemocratic, and asked the Supreme Court to enforce Article 140A in Sindh. Federal Minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry addressed the media in Karachi on […]
Claim: Unidentified men gang-raped a minor girl from the Christian community in Faisalabad after she refused to convert to Islam. They also tortured her and cut her hair. Fact: The minor Chrisitan girl in question was neither sexually abused nor forced to convert to Islam. However, she has an undiagnosed ailment that led a pastor […]
Claim: Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah has ordered the suspension of salaries for unvaccinated employees of the provincial government. Fact: Chief Minister Sindh’s official Twitter account confirms that this is true. On 3 June 2021, journalist Hasan Zaidi tweeted that Chief Minister Sindh Murad Ali Shah has ordered a suspension of salaries for Sindh […]