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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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) […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Claim: Images show the recent bomb blast that derailed four carriages of the Quetta-bound Jaffar Express on 7 October. Fact: These images are old and unrelated to the recent blast that derailed four carriages of the Jaffar Express. The first image is from five years ago, and the second image is from two years ago. […]