Claim: A video shows a contingent of the Pakistan Army in Makkah, after Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed a defence pact on 17 September 2025. Fact: The video is unrelated to the defence pact and likely shows Saudi security personnel, not Pakistani soldiers. On 29 September, a Facebook user posted a reel that apparently showed […]
Claim: An image shows protesters with flaming torches in Rawalakot, Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Fact: The image is likely AI-generated. On 28 September, an image showing people with flaming torches was shared online by users who linked it to the recent JAAC-organised protests in Azad Jammu and Kashmir. Deadly Protests in Azad Jammu and Kashmir […]
Claim: An image shows a child trying to drag his mother’s dead body out of water in Pakistan after torrential rains during the 2025 monsoon season left multiple areas flooded. Fact: The photo is from a scripted video made by an Indian content creator, apparently for entertainment. On 10 September 2025, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) posted […]
Claim: Digital transfers “will now take 2 hours”, according to the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP). Fact: The SBP has clarified that “all digital fund transfers are made on [a] real time basis” and people “receive funds in their accounts almost instantly”. The requirement of a two-hour cooling period was first introduced in 2023 and […]
Claim: An Indian-Canadian Sikh singer named BV Singh released a song called “Pakistan Zindabad,” which criticises Indian government officials, praises the Pakistan Army and Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos, and supports the Khalistan movement. Fact: The music video was created synthetically, likely using AI tools, especially the shots of BV Singh in the recording studio. There is no […]
Claim: Three videos show Pakistani soldiers criticising the armed forces’ actions, as well as Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir’s allegedly authoritarian leadership. The first shows an officer telling another that there was a need to take “a decisive step”. Two other clips depict senior officers sitting among colleagues while speaking on phone and lamenting the […]
Claim: A timelapse video shows a river in Pakistan overflowing, flooding, and submerging an entire village nearby. Fact: The clip is AI-generated. In early September 2025, a video emerged on social media platforms, depicting a timelapse of a river — in some posts identified as Ravi — flooding, overflowing, and then submerging an entire village […]
Claim: Indian defence chief Gen Anil Chauhan has admitted that his country lost seven planes in the four-day war with Pakistan in May 2025. He also confessed that his country requested a ceasefire. Fact: The video is not authentic. It was doctored, likely using AI tools, which was confirmed by Soch Fact Check’s analysis. Furthermore, […]
Claim: Donald Trump issued video statements about the devastation caused by the 2025 floods in Pakistan and accused India of causing the destruction by releasing water from its dams. Fact: The videos are doctored, likely using AI. Trump has not blamed India for the Pakistan floods nor has he appealed for help for the flood […]
Claim: Foreign Minister of Pakistan Ishaq Dar said that Pakistan was ready to intervene and take physical action in Gaza, in an interview with Al Jazeera. Fact: A clip from Dar’s interview has been shared with misleading captions. The Foreign Minister spoke about the need for physical action in Gaza if belligerent states like Israel […]
Claim: Gas would be available to consumers across Pakistan from 5:30 to 8:30 am, 11:30 to 1:30 pm, and 5:30 to 8:30 pm, according to a new countrywide supply schedule issued in September 2025. Fact: No such schedule has been issued. One of the country’s two gas distributors, the SSGC, has published a rebuttal, terming […]
Claim: US Secretary of State Marco Rubio warned Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that Pakistan is waiting for an opportunity to attack Israel. Fact: Rubio did not warn Israel or Netanyahu about Pakistan at any point during the joint press conference in question. An image showing Rubio and Netanyahu during a recent joint press conference […]