Claim: A screengrab of a news bulletin tweeted by Shireen Mazari claims that “Imran Khan’s victory in Pakistan’s elections will be India’s loss”. In the caption of her tweet, Mazari also claims that the US and India fear Khan and that the US is behind the regime change in Pakistan. Fact: The claim is misleading […]
Claim: A video circulating on social media shows a large fire that broke out at a Pakistani power plant near Guddu, Sindh in July 2022. Fact: The video has been making rounds on social media since 2021 and in fact depicts a fire that broke out by Afghanistan’s largest trade crossing with Iran. On 15 […]
Claim: A video shared on social media sites allegedly depicts a Hindu mob beating Muslims in India in 2022. Fact: The claim is false and misleading. The video is actually from 2020 and shows an incident involving the mob lynching of a man falsely accused of kidnapping a child in India’s Madyah Pardesh province. On […]
Claim: A Facebook video shows Imran Khan bowing down to a man. A slowed-down version of the video is being shared with a caption that claims Khan only bows before Jewish people. Fact: The video has been slowed down and is misleading. Imran Khan did not bow before a Jewish person as claimed in the […]
Claim: Posts shared online claim that the “Turkish government has tightened the visa policy for Pakistanis after crimes reportedly involving Pakistanis started surfacing last week”. The Turkish government has also “stopped issuing temporary residence permits for Pakistanis”, according to the posts. Fact: The claims are false and misleading as, at the time of publishing, no […]
Claim: Social media users are circulating photos and videos of Imran Khan sitting down during an international conference held in 2019, with the claim that the former prime minister can be seen sitting because he refused to stand to greet former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Fact: The visuals are, in fact, from a Shanghai […]
Claim: An image of a mass gathering in Lahore, Pakistan, is being shared on social media platforms with the claim that it shows a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) rally that took place on April 21, 2022, following Imran Khan’s ouster. The Minar-e-Pakistan monument can be seen in the foreground of the photograph shrouded in green light. […]