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Pakistan

Claim: Visuals show Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu present at a White House meeting between US President Donald Trump and Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif and its army chief, Field Marshal Asim Munir. Fact: The pictures are digitally altered, while the video has been created synthetically, likely using AI tools. In late September 2025, social […]

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Claim: A video shows Pakistan Army soldiers, stationed on a cliff, being blown up by Afghan forces amid their retaliatory strikes against Pakistan. Fact: The clip is not linked to the Afghanistan-Pakistan clashes in October 2025 as it appeared online as early as December 2021. On 12 October, an X user posted a video (archive) […]

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Claim: A video shows the Pakistan army destroying an Afghan outpost during recent clashes between the neighbouring countries. Fact: The video is old and was previously shared in context of the Russia-Ukraine war; therefore, it is not related to the recent clashes between Afghanistan and Pakistan. An X user posted a video (archive) apparently showing […]

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Claim: A video shows airstrikes carried out by Pakistan in Kabul that targeted Noor Wali Mehsud, the leader of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP). Fact: The video is not linked to the October 2025 conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan as it appeared online as early as 2023. On 10 October, an X user posted a […]

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Claim: A picture shows Field Marshal Asim Munir wearing an Israeli flag around his shoulders. Fact: The image is doctored. In the original, Munir is wearing an Ihram while performing Umrah in Saudi Arabia in June 2025. On 30 September 2025, a Facebook user posted (archive) an image of Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Syed […]

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Claim: A video shows a convoy of Afghan Taliban fighters moving towards Pakistan’s border amid significant clashes between the two countries. Fact: The clip appeared online as early as December 2024 and is, therefore, unrelated to the October 2025 conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan. On 15 October 2025, X (formerly Twitter) account @MeghUpdates posted (archive) […]

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Claim: A clip shows Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif being intimate with a woman. Fact: This claim is false as the video originally depicts an unknown individual, not Shehbaz Sharif. On 6 October, an Indian user on X, whose posts have been previously debunked by Soch Fact Check, shared an alleged video (archive) of Prime Minister […]

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Claim: A video shows a crashed Pakistan Air Force (PAF) fighter jet on fire after it was shot down by Afghanistan’s Taliban forces. Fact: The claim is false. The video predates the October 2025 clashes between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Moreover, there are no reliable reports of Afghan Taliban shooting down a PAF jet. On 12 […]

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Claim: The newly-elected Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Sohail Afridi has removed the Quaid-e-Azam’s portrait and the national flag from his office. Fact: The claim is false. The image accompanying the viral claim is a zoomed-in frame that does not show Jinnah’s portrait and the Pakistani flag. However, a review of the available footage revealed […]

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Claim: An Indian news broadcast praised Pakistan. Fact: The claim is false. The audio is likely generated through AI voice synthesis and overlaid on a real news broadcast. The headlines in the footage do not refer to Pakistan. A clip of an Indian news broadcast has been shared online, containing the following text:  پاکستان پوری […]

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Claim: A video shows Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim presenting Shehbaz Sharif with a book about Imran Khan on his recent official visit to Malaysia. Fact: The Malaysian Prime Minister did not give Shehbaz Sharif a book written about Khan. In fact, Sharif presented an Urdu version of Anwar Ibrahim’s book ‘Script’ during his recent […]

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Claim: Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar announced at a recent press conference that Pakistan would recognise the state of Israel soon. Fact: The claim is false. A review of the clip in the claim as well as Dar’s full press conference from 30 September confirmed that he did not make such a […]

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