Claim: Hospitals across the country have stopped treating patients on Sehat Cards, following Imran Khan’s removal from office. Fact: Media reports suggest that public and private sector hospitals in the Rawalpindi division have surreptitiously denied treatment to patients under the Sehat Insaf Card. Soch Fact Check cannot confirm the veracity of these reports. However, the […]
Claim: The President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev criticised Pakistan’s opposition parties and sent a message to the people of Pakistan to stand behind their leader Imran Khan, as he is not only a beacon of light for Pakistan but also the Muslim world. He also urged people to foil the conspiracy against Khan. Fact: Aliyev […]
Claim: A Facebook post allegedly written by Fatima Bhutto expresses support for Imran Khan, claiming that while the former prime minister may be a millionaire, he is not a traitor. Fact: The Facebook post is fake. Bhutto tweeted that no such post has been written by her on Facebook or other social media platforms. On […]
Claim: Turkish actor Engin Altan Düzyatan wrote in a tweet that he had called ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan and expressed his support for him in light of recent political developments. According to the tweet, Altan told Khan he is a great leader. Fact: Claims that Düzyatan wrote the tweet in question are false and misleading. […]
Claim: A viral video shows US President Joe Biden celebrating the successful passing of the vote of no-confidence against Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan. Fact: The video, in fact, shows Biden and Ketanji Brown Jackson celebrating the latter being confirmed to the US Supreme Court. Jackson is the first Black woman to serve as […]
Claim: An image is being shared on social media with the claim that it shows an anti-US protest staged in Russia in support of ex-Prime Minister Imran Khan. Fact: The image is doctored. The photo is in fact of a 2021 protest in the Russian capital Moscow against the detention of opposition leader Alexei Navalny. […]
Claim: A video shows former defence minister Pervaiz Khattak hurling abuse at journalists while entering the National Assembly. Fact: The former speaker of the National Assembly, Asad Qaiser, was the one who used abusive language, not Khattak. On 9 April 2022, Facebook page ‘Talaqi Ik Neyazi’ posted a video showing Pervaiz Khattak and Asad Qaiser, […]
Claim: A video circulating on Facebook allegedly shows a live caller insulting Prime Minister Imran Khan during a national live TV session hosted by Khan on 4 April 2022. Fact: The video is doctored. The original video features a live caller praising Imran Khan and approving of the prime minister’s handling of the current political […]
Claim: The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has said it will not be able to conduct general elections within three months due to procedural and legal challenges. Fact: The ECP clarified on 5 April 2022 that it did not issue any statement concerning early elections in Pakistan. Fact or Fiction? On 5 April 2022, Hello […]
Claim: World Bank data from 2020 to 2022 suggests that Pakistan has the lowest unemployment rate in South Asia. Fact: The latest data available is up to the year 2020, not 2022. Further, that data suggests that in 2020, Bhutan had the lowest unemployment rate in South Asia, not Pakistan. Fact or Fiction? On 22 […]
Claim: An image shows a TV screen broadcasting Geo News‘ bulletin in which the news card quotes Imran Khan as saying, “After the neutral comment, the army is upset with me. Maybe the vote of no confidence will succeed.” Fact: Khan did not make any such statement as is shown in the picture. The image, […]
Claim: Pakistani columnist Orya Maqbool Jan shared a screenshot of a letter that indicates the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), an American non-governmental organisation (NGO), is providing monetary support to opposition parties in Pakistan to work against Prime Minister Imran Khan. Fact: The alleged letter from the NED is forged. It has several digital errors […]