Claim: A video shows Pakistan Army soldiers under attack by ‘Baloch and Pashtun fighters’ in Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in November 2025. Fact: The clip is old and has been online since at least December 2023. On 17 November, an X user that Soch Fact Check has fact-checked several times in the past, posted a […]
Claim: A video shows PML-N member retired Captain Safdar Awan exposing his wife Maryam Nawaz, saying that the election was stolen. Fact: The claim misrepresents retd. Captain Safdar’s comments. He does not mention or “expose” Maryam Nawaz at any point. Instead he defended Nawaz Sharif’s defeat in Mansehra and accused “those who brought him back […]
Claim: The newly-elected Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi has removed the Quaid-e-Azam’s portrait and the national flag from his office. Fact: The claim is false. The image accompanying the viral claim is a zoomed-in frame that does not show Jinnah’s portrait and the Pakistani flag. However, a review of the available footage revealed […]
Claim: A clip shows the exact moment a flash flood hit a mountain-side village in Swat and destroyed multiple houses in August 2025. Fact: The clip is synthetically generated, likely using AI tools. On 18 August 2025, TikTok user @rababskills posted (archive) a video they claimed shows floodwater thundering down a mountain in Swat before […]
Claim: An image shows a child killed in the recent bombing in Tirah Valley, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Fact: The image of the child predates the incident and appeared as early as May 2025. On 22 September, an X user posted a photo (archive) purportedly showing a child killed in the recent bombing that was reportedly carried […]
Claim: A video shows a house collapsing due to landslides as torrential rain and floods hit northern Pakistan. Fact: The video is authentic but neither from Pakistan nor recent. It shows a house collapsing in Sarkaghat, a town in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, in August 2023. On 20 August 2025, Instagram user @aters.mystic […]
Claim: A video shows a landslide sweeping away houses amid the recent deadly floods in the northern areas of Pakistan. Fact: The clip was linked to a 2021 landslide incident in Japan in news reports by reputable media outlets. Following the recent flooding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir due to monsoon […]
Claim: A video shows a cloud burst amid the ongoing monsoon season and dangerous floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Fact: The video is likely AI-generated and appeared online as early as December 2024 in an entirely different context. Amid the recent deadly floods and heavy rainfall in Pakistan’s northern areas, a video was shared online containing […]
Claim: A picture shows an elderly woman, who was displaced due to the August 2025 Bajaur security operation, moving from her home to a safer location. Fact: The image is from Afghanistan and appeared online as early as 23 July 2021. It shows a woman who was displaced due to escalating violence in the Kandahar […]
Claim: A video shows a sudden downpour as part of a cloudburst in Mingora, Swat. Fact: The viral video is, in fact, from 2020 and likely shows a wet microburst in Perth, Australia. On 16 and 17 August 2025, multiple social media users shared a video claiming that it showed a cloudburst in Mingora, Swat […]
Claim: Pictures comprising headshots and a funeral show the soldiers who died in July 2025 during the military operation that targeted terrorists in Bajaur. Fact: The pictures are old and unrelated to the ongoing operation in Bajaur. On 30 and 31 July 2025, pictures of apparent deceased members of the Pakistani security forces and their […]
Claim: An image depicts attacks carried out during ‘Operation Sarbakaf’ in Bajaur. Fact: The image dates back to September 2019 and actually shows the US bombing of an island in northern Iraq. It is unrelated to the operation in Bajaur, Pakistan. An image was shared on social media with captions alleging that it shows attacks […]