Claim: The Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) issued a statement in support of Khyber Pakhthunkhwa (KPK) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi. Fact: TTP has denied issuing such a statement. The text being circulated is likely AI-generated. On 30 September 2026, Chairperson PEMRA (Council of Complaints), Sindh Wajahat Kazmi shared a statement by Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and claimed […]
Claim: Image shows the ID card of an Afghan suicide bomber recovered from the explosion site at Kohat Police Lines. Fact: The image is AI-generated. On 18 September 2026, a Facebook page named Eagle Eye Pakistan shared an image of a Proof of Registration (PoR) card of an Afghan citizen which was charred from the […]
Claim: The Cabinet Division has ordered the deployment of 23,500 police personnel from different provinces to Islamabad. Fact: The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting debunked the notification as fake. Two AI detection tools flag the text as likely AI-generated. On 13 September 2026, an account on X named Iram (Summan) Dar shared a notification by […]
Claim: A video shows the interior of a flooded shop in Punjab. Fact: The clip is AI-generated. On 26 July 2026, an account on X named ‘B@i1’z’ shared a video of a flooded shop. The clip begins with footage of muddy brown water rushing through the store’s entrance and aisles. Plastic bottles and various grocery […]
Claim: A “leaked” picture shows Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) Chief Minister Sohail Afridi secretly meeting Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi. Fact: The image has been generated using artificial intelligence (AI) tools; however, a meeting between the two did take place and Afridi has publicly acknowledged it as well, indicating that it did not take place in secret. […]
Claim: A video shows a drug bust in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) in which a serving Pakistan Army major was caught red-handed smuggling contraband. Fact: The video is authentic but the man arrested was impersonating an army officer. The incident from 2023 took place in Nowshera, KP. On 13 May 2026, Facebook page ‘JNN News’ posted […]
Claim: A video shows children from the Tirah Valley in thin, worn-out clothes standing and shivering in an open area amid heavy snowfall. They are among the thousands displaced due to an army operation in the area. Fact: The video was likely created using AI tools. In late January 2026, multiple social media users shared […]
Claim: A video shows TTP fighters speaking in a video after capturing and burning the Pakistan Army’s tanks in Kurram. The accompanying caption claims over a dozen soldiers were also killed. Fact: The video is old and unrelated. The claim of soldiers being killed is unsubstantiated, with no verifiable reports of such an attack on […]
Claim: A video shows a toddler crying “papa” near the body of a Pashtun police officer martyred by the Taliban. Fact: The claim is false. The video shows a Syrian child crying over the body of her father, who was killed in an ISIS attack in Maaret al-Numan, south of Idlib. A video showing a […]
Claim: A video shows Field Marshal Asim Munir telling the soldiers that they are fighting US President Donald Trump’s and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s war. Fact: The video is dubbed. In the original clip, he tells the police and the soldiers that they are fighting the state’s and Allah’s war. On 22 December, an […]
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 […]
Claim: At a protest rally in Peshawar this month, Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi responded to DG ISPR’s recent press conference, using derogatory language. Fact: An AI-generated deepfake audio was likely overlaid onto footage from the KP Chief Minister’s address in Peshawar earlier this month. A video of Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa […]