Claim: The K-Electric has announced changes in its metering system by banning three-phase metres for all consumers, who will be required to pay PKR 45,000-85,000 to replace the existing ones with the Automatic Meter Reading (AMR) metres. This will bring the total cost of purchase and installation to PKR 135,000. Fact: The claim is false […]
Claim: A video shows CCTV footage of a woman being robbed in Karachi in 2024. Fact: The video is from August 2023 and shows a mugging incident in Rawalpindi’s Hukamdad area. On 4 April 2024, Soch Fact Check received a video on WhatsApp showing closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of a mugging wherein two robbers snatch […]
Claim: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI)-backed independent candidate, Meher Bano Qureshi emerged victorious from NA-151 Multan IV, defeating Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Ali Musa Gillani after a recount of votes. Fact: As per Form 49 dated 10 February 2024, Ali Musa Gillani was declared the winner. The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) issued a notification of his […]
Claim: In 2018, when Ali Musa Gillani contested elections against Zain Qureshi in NA 157, a recount was demanded due to a 4,000-vote margin, and more than 18,000 votes were rejected at the time. Fact: The actual number of rejected votes was 4,233 as per Form 47 while the margin of victory stood at 6,541. […]
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: PTI cancelled the nomination of candidates Major Tahir Sadik and Eman Tahir in NA-49 and NA-50, respectively. Fact: The claim is false because the political party has issued no such notification before the general elections. On 7 February 2024, a user posted an image on Facebook with an Urdu caption, “اہم ترین: پی ٹی […]
Claim: In a recent rally ahead of the 8 February 2024 elections, Asif Ali Zardari said the time has come now to replace Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari with a decent man who can run Pakistan. Fact: The video does not match the audio, which has been altered to include the name of Bilawal when Zardari was actually […]
Claim: A video showing cars set ablaze claims to depict the situation in Mach after the recent terror attacks in that area. Fact: The claim is false as the video shows political workers setting cars on fire in Nazimabad, Karachi after clashes between the MQM-P and PPP. On 30 January 2024, a Facebook user posted […]
Claim: Former Finance Minister Miftah Ismail is joining the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP). Fact: Contrary to the popular claim that he is joining the PPP, Ismail is actually taking a break from politics. On 11 January 2024, a video clip of Former Finance Minister Miftah Ismail, the Caretaker Prime Minister, Anwar ul Haq Kakar meeting […]
Claim: A Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) candidate Mehr Muhammad Waseem withdrew from Lahore’s NA-119 in favour of PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz. Fact: PTI’s candidate for Maryam Nawaz’s constituency was not Mehr Muhammad Waseem. On 21 January 2024, Geo News and Express Tribune, published articles titled “’Breakthrough’ for PML-N as PTI candidate withdraws in favour of Maryam Nawaz”, […]
Claim: Election Commission Pakistan (ECP) has imposed a ban on political surveys & opinion polls just ahead of general elections scheduled on 8 February 2024. Fact: ECP’s ban on political surveys is not recent. According to clause 12 of the ECP’s Code of Conduct for National Media, organisations and media persons are prohibited from entrance […]
Claim: Khursheed Shah has apologised for the Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) “mistake” to join hands with Nawaz Sharif and remove Imran Khan’s government from power. Fact: The PPP parliamentarian did not apologise for ousting Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf’s (PTI) government. Instead, he apologised for forming a coalition with the Pakistan Democratic Movement’s (PDM) government. PDM is a […]