Claim: Aaj TV reported that Imran Khan gave a public statement commenting on the viral accusations alleging that 4 Pakistani actresses had extra-marital relationships with military officers. Fact: PTI Media spokesperson Azhar Mashwani and Dr Arsalan Khalid have both declared this statement fake, and confirmed that Imran Khan did not comment on the allegations. On […]
Claim: A video shows people in a scuffle over a bag of flour amid rising inflation. Fact: The video is, in fact, from September 2022, when a scuffle broke out among some flood victims over bags of ration provided by the government. On 9 January 2023, a member of Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party […]
Claim: Imran Ismail of PTI shared a tweet claiming that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has won the local body election in Karachi. Fact: PTI had not won the local body election in Karachi. On 15 January 2023, former governor of Sindh and PTI politician Imran Ismail published a tweet claiming that PTI had won the election […]
Claim: Ahsan Iqbal condemned the PDM government for failing to avoid the nationwide electricity shutdown on 23 January 2023. Fact: This video was released on social media by the PMLN in January 2021 to condemn a similar nationwide electricity shutdown which took place at the time. On 23 January 2023, Taimur Khan Jhagra and Zartaj […]
Claim: A Twitter account posting in favour of Imran Khan claims to be the royal correspondent of the United Kingdom’s newspaper, the Daily Express. Fact: The account is an imposter. The official royal correspondent of the Daily Express is Richard Palmer, and he has not posted anything in support of Imran Khan. On 18 December […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf MNA Faheem Khan being beaten up onboard a plane. Fact: The video shows a fight that broke out on a Thai Smile Airways flight from Bangkok to India on 27 December 2022. Fact or Fiction? On 2 January 2023, Twitter user Sarfraz Nisar shared a video claiming that it shows […]
Claim: Former prime minister Imran Khan initiated the Mohmand Dam project. Fact: The idea behind the Mohmand Dam project was first initiated by the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) in 1963. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) conducted the project’s feasibility study in 2000. The project was further modified considering the 2008 crisis and the […]
Claim: A video shows former Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan walking inside Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital & Research Centre following an attack on him in Wazirabad on 3 November 2022. Fact: The video is from August 2021 when Khan visited SKMCH in Peshawar to inaugurate the newly established operating room suite and Intensive […]
Claim: Social media users speculate about the number of bullets that hit Imran Khan during the 3 November attack during his rally near Wazirabad. While some claim three or four bullets hit Khan, others allege that he faked his injuries and was not injured by any bullet. Fact: Imran Khan did not fake his injuries. […]
Claim: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has taken a U-turn from his claim that the United States is to blame for his ouster. Fact: Imran Khan did say that for him, this narrative is ‘over’ and ‘behind him’ but he did not back off from his allegations that Washington conspired to remove him from […]
Claim: A video shows Imran Khan being taken to the hospital on a stretcher following an attack on his rally in Wazirabad. Fact: The video does not show Khan. The man in the viral video has been misidentified. Fact or Fiction? On 3 November 2022, Twitter user Wajahat Kazmi shared a video claiming that it […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan reciting tasbeeh on his fingers in an operation theatre after he was attacked during an anti-government rally in Wazirabad. Fact: The video does not show Imran Khan. It is, in fact, an old video from 2021. Fact or Fiction? On 4 November 2022, the Facebook […]