Claim: The Supreme Court of Pakistan declared the ban on 27 YouTube channels unconstitutional. Fact: The SCP has issued no such declaration. The letter accompanying the claim in some of the viral posts is from the Supreme Court Bar Association (SCBA), an independent body of lawyers, not the Supreme Court itself. On 9 July, journalist […]
Claim: Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered banks to implement a ‘shalwar kameez’ dress code. Fact: Khan made the comment informally, perhaps as a joke, and did not issue any orders or endorse the idea in any official capacity. On 30 December 2021, Pakistani news website Global Village Space (GVS) published a report headlined, “Wear […]