Claim: Lahore Police have arrested a minor boy for “dressing up as a girl and begging”. Fact: The child has not been arrested but handed over to the Child Protection & Welfare Bureau (CP&WB). On 30 January 2023, Express News Urdu published a news story titled, “معذور والدین کی دیکھ بھال کیلیے لڑکی بن کر […]
Claim: A photo shows Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s rally at Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore held on 25 March 2023. Fact: The photo taken on 29 April 2018 shows PTI’s Minar-e-Pakistan rally in Lahore held five years ago. Fact or Fiction? On 26 March 2022, columnist Orya Maqbool Jan posted a photo showing the aerial view of a public gathering […]
Claim: A video shows PTI supporters — transgender people and women — attacking the police during the recent clashes in Zaman Park, Lahore. Fact: The video is from September 2022, when a clash erupted between transgender persons and police in Defence Housing Authority, Lahore. Fact or Fiction? On 14 March 2023, Facebook user Ahmed Khan […]
Claim: A video posted by Tiktok user @badshahkhan123pti shows a beeper from journalist Hamid Mir’s show that says “Imran Khan’s historic jalsa at minar-e-pakistan lahore” and claims that it is from Imran Khan’s recent March 2023 rally. Fact: The beeper from Hamid Mir’s show is not from Imran Khan’s recent March 2023 Jalsa at the […]
Claim: A photo shows a pile of tear gas shells used by police against Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s supporters during the recent Zaman Park clashes in March 2022. Fact: The photo shows tear gas shells used by police against Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan in November 2020 during an anti-France protest in Islamabad. Clashes broke out between the police and […]
Claim: A photo shows a police officer killed when Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers fired bullets during the recant stand-off at Zaman Park in Lahore. Fact: The photo actually shows a police constable who was shot dead on 24 May 2022 when a bullet fired from a rooftop hit him in Lahore. Fact or Fiction? On […]
Claim: A photo shows a police officer hitting a woman with a gun’s butt at Zaman Park, Lahore. Fact: The photo is old. It actually shows a Taliban security personnel threatening a woman in Kabul, Afghanistan. Fact or Fiction? On 16 March 2023, journalist Armughan Aksi shared a photo on Twitter claiming that it shows […]
Claim: A picture shows a helicopter surveilling Lahore’s Zaman Park, where PTI workers and supporters had gathered for a rally in the wee hours of 9 March 2023. Fact: One of the images is from Scotland and was shared first in 2020; the second picture is a screenshot from a video on a stock photography […]
A photo in the article below contains images some may find graphic. Claim: A photo shows injured police officers who were targeted by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) workers during the Zaman Park stand-off in Lahore. Fact: The photo actually shows injured police constables lying on the ground as a result of a clash with the far-right […]
Claim: A video shows a petrol pump in Lahore being set on fire to protest against fuel hikes in Pakistan. Fact: The video is from June 2020, when a petrol station in Narowal, Punjab, was set on fire by people protesting against the petrol cartel. Fact or Fiction? On 30 January 2023, Twitter user Maj […]
Claim: Imran Khan addressed his party workers and supporters in Zaman Park, Lahore, on 14 March 2023 and his speech was broadcast live by Hum News as he evaded police. Fact: The live stream in question actually shows an old speech from May 2022 and was not filmed at his residence. However, Khan has been […]
Claim: A video shows a large number of people gathered at Zaman Park in Lahore to stop Imran Khan from being arrested. Fact: The clip is old and does not show Zaman Park. It is from a protest against Khan’s ouster back in April 2022 when his supporters gathered near Millennium Mall in Karachi. On […]