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Claim:  Zartaj Gul tweeted a photo of Imran Khan sitting next to a woman with the caption, “he was a strange king; he used to seat the poor in the front at a gathering of kings.” Fact: The image was doctored to make it appear as if Khan  was sitting closer to the woman than […]

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Claim: Shireen Mazari shared pictures of a UN meeting in Geneva with Pakistani officials, saying that the attendance was “pathetic”, with mostly Pakistani officials attending the meeting.  Fact: The pictures Shireen Mazari shared were misleading. UN web TV and official tweets from the UNDP Twitter account show a fuller meeting room and several members of […]

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Claim: BISP accounts designated for receiving flood relief donations have been hacked. Fact: BISP officially clarified that none of their accounts were hacked. No reports claiming recipients have suffered such fraud have surfaced. On 19 September 2022, former deputy speaker of the National Assembly and member of Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) Qasim Khan Suri […]

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Claim: The current PMLN-led coalition government has not allocated any funds to the Kashmir Affairs & Gilgit Baltistan Division under the Public Sector Development Program (PSDP) for the 2022-2023 financial year.   Fact:  Gilgit Baltistan & Azad Jammu & Kashmir (also known as Pakistan-administered Kashmir) will receive a combined total of PKR 52.6 billion under the […]

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