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Claim: The newly elected Chief Minister of Punjab, Maryam Nawaz Sharif, has suspended the 800,000 arms licenses issued throughout the province. Fact: Maryam Nawaz has not suspended 800,000 arms licences in Punjab, according to the Chief Minister’s spokesperson. On 27 February 2024, several social media users, as well as news channels, such as ARY News […]

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Claim: The caretaker government has issued a Rs 300 banknote for the people of Pakistan.  Fact: SBP Representative clarifies that this is fake news and no such banknote has been issued. On 13 September 2023, a Twitter user shared an image of a PKR 300 banknote claiming that the State Bank of Pakistan had issued […]

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Claim: Lahore has made it compulsory for all new buildings to include charging stations for electric vehicles.  Fact: Lahore has only made it compulsory for new commercial and industrial buildings to include charging stations for electric vehicles to attain an environmental NOC. On 29 December 2022, ProPakistani uploaded an image on Facebook claiming that authorities […]

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Claim: A new iOS update automatically activated a  feature that shares users’ precise location on Instagram for all other users on the platform to see. Fact: The location setting is built into the device and cannot be automatically switched on through an iOS update. Instagram has officially denied this claim. On 26 August 2022, a […]

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Claim: Prime Minister of Pakistan Shehbaz Sharif has announced his resignation and will be dissolving the country’s assemblies.  Fact: Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif has made no such announcement.  On 18 and 19 January 2022, several pages shared videos on Facebook with different variations of the caption, “شہباز شریف نے نئے الیکشن کی تاریخ دیدی اور […]

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