Claim: Information Minister Attaullah Tarar said that the PTI approached the European Union to withdraw Pakistan’s GSP+ status. Fact: Samar Saeed Akhtar, EU Press and Information Officer in Islamabad, denied receiving any official communication from PTI regarding Pakistan’s GSP+ status. Additionally, PTI has denied allegations of writing any such letter to the EU. GSP+ status […]
Claim: Punjab Police has assaulted a group of women waiting in a line to get flour during the rule of Punjab’s new chief minister, Maryam Nawaz Sharif. Fact: The video is not recent and, therefore, not linked to the time period Maryam Nawaz has been serving as the chief minister of Punjab. It is, in […]
Claim: A picture of Maryam Nawaz Sharif during her oath-taking ceremony as Punjab’s chief minister shows her holding photos of Ziaul Haq and Gen Asim Munir. Fact: The picture is doctored. Maryam Nawaz is actually holding a picture of Nawaz Sharif. On 23 February 2024, X (formerly Twitter) user @WarriorWCA posted (archive) a picture of […]
Claim: In a 2022 X post, Maryam Nawaz Sharif praised then-Rawalpindi commissioner Liaquat Ali Chattha by calling him an “asset” of Pakistan and criticised the “propaganda against him” by Imran Khan. Fact: Maryam Nawaz did not make a post on X praising Chattha; the screenshot showing as such is doctored. Moreover, Chattha was appointed as […]
Claim: A video shows police brutality towards women at a PTI protest against alleged election rigging outside the Sindh Assembly. Fact: The video has nothing to do with the PTI. It was first posted in 2021 and shows the misconduct of police officers — who were later suspended — against three women who were accused […]
Claim: Politician Miftah Ismail advised Maryam Nawaz Sharif against framing a narrative around the Toshakhana case or inflation against Imran Khan, warning that it could backfire. He also blamed her politics for causing harm to the entire country. Fact: Miftah Ismail clarified that he did not give any such statement. In fact, he reiterated his […]
Claim: Aurat March Lahore has called PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz Sharif’s appointment as Punjab’s first female chief minister, “an insult to all hard-working Pakistani women, who actually work to earn a position in life”. Fact: Aurat March Lahore did not tweet such a statement. The tweet that has been falsely attributed to them was actually made […]
Claim: PML-N Punjab’s president and former minister, Rana Sanaullah has said that, “I am Imran Khan’s dog, I am Imran Khan’s Mirasi”. Fact: A part of Rana Sanaullah’s statement from an interview has been quoted without context and misrepresented. While questioning the credibility of an analyst and political commentator without naming him, Sanaullah questions why […]
Claim: Google Trends predicted who would win the 2024 general election in Pakistan and that data proved that “PTI is on top”. Fact: Google Trends shows a summary of searches by people around the world; it can be narrowed down according to categories, time period, and location, among other filters. The FAQs page of Google […]
Claim: The Lahore High Court (LHC) has declared the election results for three seats won by Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) null and void, including the seats NA-119 and PP-159, won by Maryam Nawaz Sharif in the General Elections 2024. Fact: Maryam Nawaz’s victory has not been overturned. The court dismissed the petitions challenging the election […]
Claim: Javed Akhtar Khan Lund claims that he won from the national assembly constituency NA-184 and provincial assembly constituency PP-286, Dera Ghazi Khan I. Fact: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) candidate, Abdul Qadir Khan won from NA-184 DG Khan-I while the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed candidate Ali Muhammad is the runner up. Javed was not declared winner […]
Claim: Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) senior leader, Khawaja Asif has apologised to the family of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) former leader, Usman Dar. Fact: Khawaja Asif did not tweet an apology to the Dar family. A screenshot of his tweet circulating online is doctored. Elections 2024 Ahead of the 2024 general elections, Imran Khan’s PTI faced […]