Claim: Pakistan Tehreek e Insaf (PTI) leader Ahmad Chatha has been shot dead. Fact: PTI leader Ahmad Chatha is alive and recovering. The news regarding his death is fake. On 3 November 2022, several social media posts claimed that PTI leader Ahmad Chatha, who was shot during the firing incident during a rally in Wazirabad, […]
Claim: Diaspora Pakistani Sarim Rashid flew out to Pakistan from the UK to cast a vote for PTI in the October 2022 by-elections. He flew in just in time for the elections and flew out three hours later back to the UK. Fact: Sarim Rashid did not fly to Pakistan on 16 October to cast […]
Claim: A picture shows some people, including a police officer, shifting Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan after he was injured in a shooting incident at a rally in Wazirabad in Punjab in November 2022. Fact: The picture is actually from 2013 when Imran Khan fell from an overcrowded platform at a campaign rally. On […]
Claim: A notification signed by the District Magistrate Islamabad announced a lockdown in Islamabad. According to this notification, except for essential services such as healthcare and medical supplies, all institutions are to remain closed and the province cordoned off. Fact: This notification is fake. On 3 November 2022, several social media users shared a notification […]
Claim: Imran Khan’s quote regarding the attack on Benazir Bhutto’s cavalcade in 2007 is being taken out of context to make it seem like he blamed the late politician for the bombing. Fact: In the article, Khan expressly states that Bhutto is to blame for the attack due to her policies and implies that she […]
Claim: A gunman who opened fire at former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s container at a rally in Wazirabad is PTI MNA Alamgir Khan’s private guard. Fact: Alamgir Khan has refuted claims doing the rounds on social media. He said his security guard Muhammad Poonal Khan was misidentified by people as the attacker and arrested by […]
Claim: A video of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan, saying he has done “whatever [he] could do” and urging people to “take up [their] responsibility”, was taken as he gets treated in a hospital after he was attacked during an anti-government rally in Wazirabad. Fact: The video is, in fact, more than nine years […]
Claim: A picture shows Pakistan’s former prime minister and chief of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Imran Khan, lying on a stretcher after being wounded in a shooting incident during a rally he was leading towards Islamabad, Punjab, on 3 October 2022. Fact: The picture is not recent but, in fact, from 2014 when Khan was […]
Claim: Social media posts claims that Sheikh Rasheed, the founder of Awami Muslim League, is unwell and will not be attending Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) long march, which started in Lahore on 28 October 2022. Fact: The claim is misleading. Sheikh Rasheed refuted the claim and shared a video message to say he has joined Imran […]
Claim: A video on social media claims that it shows Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb harassed by Pakistanis in the UK for not wearing a hijab. Fact: The claim is false. Aurangzeb was heckled by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) supporters in London due to political differences, not because of her clothing. On 26 September 2022, a social […]
Claim: Maryam Nawaz played a video of Imran Khan making fun of her at her press conference, calling his insults “golden words”. Fact: The video was doctored. Imran Khan’s remarks were superimposed on top of a different video which Nawaz actually played at the press conference. On 28 October 2022, a digital content creator shared […]
Claim: A Twitter account claims to be a journalist from Nairobi, Kenya. The account posted consistent updates about Pakistani journalist Arshad Sharif’s murder in Kenya. Pakistani social media users have been sharing the tweets as real news. Fact: The Twitter account is fake. The user has changed their Twitter username and handle multiple times. The […]