Claim: PTI politician Farrukh Habib was also arrested with Fawad Chaudhry. Fact: Farrukh Habib was not arrested on 25 January 2023. Several video clips and tweets prove that he was not arrested. On 25 January 2023, following reports of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf Vice President Fawad Chaudhry’s arrest, social media users began to share the claim that […]
Claim: Leaked audio of a conversation between Maryam Nawaz and Rana Sanaullah proves that she attempted to orchestrate the leak of an alleged private video of PTI chief Imran Khan Fact: The audio of Maryam Nawaz Sharif speaking at an old press conference in October 2022 was doctored to make it seem like she and […]
Claim: A video shows Pakistan-Tehreek-e-Insaf MNA Faheem Khan being beaten up onboard a plane. Fact: The video shows a fight that broke out on a Thai Smile Airways flight from Bangkok to India on 27 December 2022. Fact or Fiction? On 2 January 2023, Twitter user Sarfraz Nisar shared a video claiming that it shows […]
Claim: A new financial emergency notification has been issued for the country on 20 December 2022 by the Cabinet Secretariat. Fact: The notification has been debunked by the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting fact-check Twitter handle. On 20 December 2022, a financial emergency notification purported to be issued by the Cabinet Secretariat was widely circulated […]
Claim: Former prime minister Imran Khan initiated the Mohmand Dam project. Fact: The idea behind the Mohmand Dam project was first initiated by the Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) in 1963. Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) conducted the project’s feasibility study in 2000. The project was further modified considering the 2008 crisis and the […]
Claim: Journalist Iqrar ul Hasan claimed that Imran Khan, in a recent interview, did not deny that the recently leaked audio clips were legitimate, implying he confessed they were real. Fact: The interview clip shared by Hasan was taken out of context. PTI spokespersons have formally denied the audio’s veracity in multiple forums on behalf […]
Claim: A video shows a 70-year-old Pakistani man travelling by foot to attend the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Fact: The elderly backpacker is actually a supporter of former prime minister Imran Khan’s Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party and was jogging to join the Haqeeqi Azadi March from Lahore to Islamabad. The clip has no […]
Claim: A screenshot circulating online shows a tweet from Elon Musk stating that Imran Khan has the largest number of fake followers on Twitter. The screenshot also shows a fake follower audit claiming that Imran Khan has 60.8% fake followers. Fact: The screenshot is false, Musk did not tweet any such claim. A screenshot of […]
Claim: Iffat Omar conducted a poll on Twitter, asking respondents if they would or would not elect Imran Khan as the next prime minister, and 96% of respondents said that they would. Fact: A fake account impersonating Iffat Omar posted this tweet, which was later shared by the verified account of journalist Imran Riaz Khan, […]
Claim: A video shows a massive traffic jam amid Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief and former prime minister Imran Khan’s Haqeeqi Azadi March towards Rawalpindi. Fact: The video, which was actually taken over five years ago on 22 November 2017, shows the Interstate 405 in California blocked as Americans travelled ahead of Thanksgiving. On 26 November […]
Claim: Social media users speculate about the number of bullets that hit Imran Khan during the 3 November attack during his rally near Wazirabad. While some claim three or four bullets hit Khan, others allege that he faked his injuries and was not injured by any bullet. Fact: Imran Khan did not fake his injuries. […]
Claim: Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan has taken a U-turn from his claim that the United States is to blame for his ouster. Fact: Imran Khan did say that for him, this narrative is ‘over’ and ‘behind him’ but he did not back off from his allegations that Washington conspired to remove him from […]