Claim: During a press conference, PTI member Asad Qaiser said that Justice Athar Minallah is a senior leader of the PTI and will be appointed as a senator from the party after retirement. Fact: The claim is false. Qaiser did not make any such remarks about the Supreme Court judge during the press conference. X […]
Claim: A video shows a recent argument between Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Ali Muhammad Khan and Pakistan Muslim League-N’s Rana Tanveer Hussain in the National Assembly. Fact: The post’s caption does not clarify that the exchange between the PML-N and PTI members is from September 2024. On 11 July 2025, the Facebook page of local […]
Claim: A video shows Bilawal Bhutto Zardari criticising Shehbaz Sharif and the PML-N while speaking at the National Assembly. Fact: PPP Chairman did not target the PML-N or the Prime Minister in the speech in question. In fact, the speech dates back to March 2024, long before tensions arose between the PML-N and PPP. Different […]
Claim: During a heated speech in the National Assembly, Shazia Marri allegedly said, “Release Imran Khan, or you’ll have to face Trump’s wrath.” Fact: This claim is false. The embedded text in the video does not match what Marri said in her National Assembly speech from August 2024. In fact, she originally criticised PTI members […]
Claim: PPP’s Abdul Qadir Gillani raised the slogan of Saraikistan and advocated for the creation of a separate Saraiki province during a speech in the National Assembly. Fact: Abdul Qadir Gillani did not make a speech particularly to advocate for the creation of “Saraikistan”. He did suggest the creation of a separate Saraiki province, […]
Claim: Students heckled Maryam Nawaz as she entered a hall at Bahauddin Zakariya University in Multan. Fact: The claim is false; the video in question is dubbed. Following the Chief Minister of Punjab’s visit to Bahauddin Zakariya University to attend a ceremony, users shared a video widely on social media, with the following embedded text: […]
Claim: A still from a longer, leaked video features MNA Mubarak Zeb Khan and a woman in an intimate act. Fact: The still is from a Spanish short film Julia, which appeared online as early as September 2019, and the actor does not bear any resemblance to MNA Mubarak Zeb Khan. X user @CivicDominance shared […]
Claim: Akhtar Mengal said that Imran Khan told him he was “on the wrong side of history and couldn’t do anything” for the Baloch people after his resignation. Fact: Mengal mentioned Mahmood Khan Achakzai in his resignation press conference, not Imran Khan. The BNP leader did not say that Imran Khan influenced his decision, nor […]
Claim: PTI leader Asad Qaiser refused to support a resolution in the National Assembly condemning Israel’s war in Palestine, saying he wouldn’t support it until a resolution was passed in favour of former prime minister Imran Khan. Fact: Qaiser did not make any such remarks during the parliament’s session on 15 March 2024. Fact or […]
Claim: The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC), comprising PTI-backed independents, rejected the resolution to stop the bombing in Gaza, presented by PPP MNA Shazia Marri in the National Assembly. Fact: While there was initial opposition to the motion, including from the SIC, this was before the full context of the resolution was understood. Once the speaker […]
Claim: The Sunni Ittehad Council (SIC) has written a letter to the ECP refusing to take reserved seats in Pakistan’s legislative assemblies. Fact: The SIC’s letter is a response to the ECP, addressing their request for details of tickets issued to women on general seats. In the letter, the SIC stated that the list of […]
Claim: PML-Q MNA Monis Elahi has joined Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf Fact: Monis Elahi has officially rejected any claims regarding him joining PTI and he has also published a tweet rejecting the viral image of a notification claiming the same. On 19 August 2022, several twitter users shared an image which claimed to be a […]