Claim: A social media post by Geo News suggests that Imran Khan had said an elected prime minister was slapped a year ago today. Fact: The image is doctored. The media outlet did not share any such image or report. Fact or Fiction? On 10 April 2023, the Facebook page Maryam Nawaz One Hope shared […]
Claim: A viral video shows US President Joe Biden celebrating the successful passing of the vote of no-confidence against Pakistan’s former prime minister, Imran Khan. Fact: The video, in fact, shows Biden and Ketanji Brown Jackson celebrating the latter being confirmed to the US Supreme Court. Jackson is the first Black woman to serve as […]
Claim: Pakistani columnist Orya Maqbool Jan shared a screenshot of a letter that indicates the National Endowment for Democracy (NED), an American non-governmental organisation (NGO), is providing monetary support to opposition parties in Pakistan to work against Prime Minister Imran Khan. Fact: The alleged letter from the NED is forged. It has several digital errors […]
Claim: Individuals associated with the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have shared brief clips of women praising Prime Minister Imran Khan and his government. These posts are accompanied by captions in favour of Pakistan’s ruling party. Fact: The videos are snippets from two interviews from 2021 of the same woman. She has appeared in several videos on […]
Claim: In a letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan, Pakistan Army Chief General Qamar Javed Bajwa paid tribute to 190 soldiers martyred during a four-day battle in the Noshki and Panjgur areas of Balochistan, requested a pay raise for the Frontier Corps (FC) and Rangers personnel, and asked for proper compensation for the martyrs’ families. […]
Claim: Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered banks to implement a ‘shalwar kameez’ dress code. Fact: Khan made the comment informally, perhaps as a joke, and did not issue any orders or endorse the idea in any official capacity. On 30 December 2021, Pakistani news website Global Village Space (GVS) published a report headlined, “Wear […]
Claim: A video is being circulated with the claim that Prime Minister Imran Khan has suffered a serious injury — possibly a spinal cord fracture — following a fall from an elevator. According to the claims, Khan has been hospitalized and will undergo an operation. Fact: Khan has not been recently injured; the video is […]
Claim: PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz Sharif described Prime Minister Imran Khan as her “hero” in a 2008 Twitter post Fact: The tweet in the screenshot being circulated is from 27 September 2008 but Maryam Nawaz Sharif did not join Twitter until January 2012. Therefore, the image must be doctored. On 5 October 2021, an Instagram account […]