Claim: A video shows Pakistan’s Federal Minister Ahsan Iqbal ripping an Israeli flag. Fact: This video does not show Iqbal tearing the Israeli flag. Instead, it depicts a Kyrgyz politician ripping the flag in 2014. On 14 September, an X user posted a photo that apparently showed Pakistan’s Minister for Planning, Development & Special Initiatives […]
Claim: Viral video shows children raising “Imran Khan zindabad!” [Long live Imran Khan!] slogans during Maryam Nawaz’s visit to a flood-relief camp in Multan. Fact: The original video does not show the children chanting any such slogans. The audio of “Imran Khan zindabad!” was overlaid onto the original footage. A viral video shows the Chief […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistanis welcomed with “Pakistan Zindabad!” chants in Saudi Arabia after both countries signed a defence agreement on 17 September. Fact: The clip is old and unrelated to the signing of the defence pact. On 18 September, Shama Junjejo posted a video (archive) that apparently showed officers at an airport in Saudi […]
Claim: A clip from a news broadcast shows Qatari news anchors calling for defence deals with Pakistan instead of the US. Fact: The anchors do not make any such statements in the clip shared in the claim. Instead, they report on Pakistan’s condemnation of the Israeli strike in Doha on 9 September 2025. A video […]
Claim: A holiday has been announced for 23 September 2025 and a notification issued in this regard, according to Pakistani media outlets. Fact: No holiday has been announced in Pakistan for 23 September 2025. The news reports by Pakistani media outlets are actually about the 95th Saudi National Day, but they carry misleading, clickbait headlines. […]
Claim: A video shows a house collapsing due to landslides as torrential rain and floods hit northern Pakistan. Fact: The video is authentic but neither from Pakistan nor recent. It shows a house collapsing in Sarkaghat, a town in the Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, in August 2023. On 20 August 2025, Instagram user @aters.mystic […]
Claim: Video shows a cloudburst in Pakistan. Fact: The video is from Austria and shows a microburst over Lake Millstatt. On 27 July, an Instagram user posted a video (archive) that apparently showed a cloudburst somewhere in Pakistan. The caption reads: “This isn’t a movie. This is Pakistan, 2025. Cloudburst caught LIVE – and it’s […]
Claim: A video shows a landslide sweeping away houses amid the recent deadly floods in the northern areas of Pakistan. Fact: The clip was linked to a 2021 landslide incident in Japan in news reports by reputable media outlets. Following the recent flooding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Gilgit-Baltistan, and Azad Jammu and Kashmir due to monsoon […]
Claim: A video shows a cloud burst amid the ongoing monsoon season and dangerous floods in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. Fact: The video is likely AI-generated and appeared online as early as December 2024 in an entirely different context. Amid the recent deadly floods and heavy rainfall in Pakistan’s northern areas, a video was shared online containing […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistan’s independence day celebrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh. Fact: The claim is false. The video shows a demonstration held in solidarity with Gaza in April 2025. A video shared online on 15 August claimed to show “Pakistan’s Independence Day celebrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh.” It shows a public procession where two individuals are […]
Claim: Bangladesh and Pakistan have agreed to visa-free entry for all citizens. Fact: The claim is misleading. The agreement between the two countries applies only to holders of diplomatic and official passports, not to ordinary citizens. Regular passport holders from Pakistan and Bangladesh still require a visa for travel. Recently, an image showing Pakistani Prime […]
Claim: Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has resigned. Fact: Asif has refuted rumours about his resignation. Multiple posts circulating online claim that the Defence Minister of Pakistan Khawaja Asif, resigned. Some posts sharing this claim further allege that Asif resigned after a controversy “over the arrest of the ADCR #Sialkot”. This article only fact-checks the claim […]