Claim: A video shows Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf MNA Shahid Khattak slapping a facilitator of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz over unethical behavior. Fact: The viral video does not show Khattak; it is old and unrelated. On 21 June, a Facebook user, Rahim Gojali, posted a video in which a person can be seen approaching another man in the […]
Claim: Politician Hina Parvez Butt claims that her father made Asia’s first deep freezer. Fact: While Butt did share a story about how her father built a deep freezer with his brother, she did not mention Asia anywhere. On 21 June 2026, a Facebook account named Abbas Abas shared an interview clip of MPA Hina […]
Claim: An image shows PML-N politician Dr. Muhammad Najeeb Naqi Khan getting kicked out of a wedding in Pallandri, Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK). Fact: The image is AI-generated. On 17 June 2026, a verified Facebook page named PTI Overseas shared an image depicting a man trying to snatch a plate of food from Pakistan […]
Claim: An image shows lawmaker and former PTI leader Sher Afzal Marwat shaking hands with PML-N Supremo Nawaz Sharif. Fact: The picture is edited and actually shows PML-N’s Netherlands-based member Pervaiz Ali Sandhila. On 26 May 2026, Facebook user ‘Itz Ishrat Abbasi’ posted a photo showing lawmaker Sher Afzal Marwat, formerly part of the Pakistan […]
Claim: A picture depicts Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s mother and grandmother, who played the drum in the streets of Amritsar in colonial India. Fact: The claim is incorrect. The photograph, in fact, shows two people from the khawajasira community and was taken some time between 1890 and 1894. On 8 May 2026, Facebook user ‘Ali […]
Claim: The Punjab government issued a notification approving a PKR 40 million “special” grant for the “personal makeup” of two provincial ministers, Marriyum Aurangzeb and Azma Bokhari. Fact: No such notification was issued by the Punjab government. The document was generated using Google’s AI tools. On 19 January 2026, multiple social media users shared a […]
Claim: A picture shows a shop selling kites, which are imprinted with an image of Information Minister Attaullah Tarar raising his middle finger while holding the Constitution of Pakistan. Fact: The image was generated using Google’s AI tools. On 29 January 2026, Facebook page ‘Sanam Javid PTI’ posted (archive) a photo of a worn-down shop […]
Claim: Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal has urged Pakistan’s army chief, Field Marshal Syed Asim Munir, to resign over his failure to be a good leader, especially after his inability to handle the October 2025 protests by the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP). Fact: The video actually shows Iqbal’s remarks during a press conference in November 2021 when […]
Claim: Imperial College London is set to build a campus in the Nawaz Sharif IT City in Lahore. Fact: Imperial College London has clarified that it has no such plans to build its campus in Lahore. On 18 October 2025, the Punjab government — which is led by the Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) — and […]
Claim: PML-N lawmaker Hina Parvez Butt claims that during the tenure of former Prime Minister Imran Khan, petrol prices rose to PKR 400 per litre. Fact: Butt’s claim is false. The highest price of petrol during Khan’s tenure was PKR 159.86 per litre, according to historical data. On 16 June 2025, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) […]
Claim: During a heated speech in the National Assembly, Shazia Marri allegedly said, “Release Imran Khan, or you’ll have to face Trump’s wrath.” Fact: This claim is false. The embedded text in the video does not match what Marri said in her National Assembly speech from August 2024. In fact, she originally criticised PTI members […]
Claim: A video shows Maryam Nawaz allegedly departing for Geneva from Lahore Airport with people chanting, “Maryam kay papa chor hain” [“Maryam’s father is a thief”]. Fact: The claim is false. The video shows Maryam Nawaz arriving in Lahore from London in September 2023, not departing for Geneva. The audio in the clip was doctored […]