Claim: A man in Faisalabad took his clothes off to protest the increasing prices of electricity across the country. Fact: The photos are from 2017. News reports from that time did not link the man’s action to rising electricity prices. On 5 July 2024, Dr Shahbaz Gill — an aide to former prime minister and […]
Claim: An interim statement by the Commonwealth Observers Group, published on 10 February 2024, characterised the Pakistani general election held on 8 February 2024 as “generally managed efficiently” in “a largely peaceful environment”.
Claim: Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants beheaded a Shia citizen in Parachinar. Fact: The video of a man being beheaded appeared on X on 12 May 2024, with some claims suggesting that it originated from Afghanistan. It has been shared in different contexts since. On 29 July 2024, a user on X posted a video (archive) […]
Claim: A video shows Punjab Information Minister Azma Bokhari kissing a man. Fact: The video is doctored; Bokhari’s face was superimposed onto an unrelated video of two people who have not been identified. On 25 July 2024, YouTube channel Roaster Boy 💀 posted (archive) a video allegedly showing Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) leader and Punjab’s […]
Claim: The Government of India has released an official photo of the Saudi army chief meeting his Indian counterpart during his visit to the country in July 2024; The image hung in the background, which shows a Pakistani general signing the Instrument of Surrender that ended the 1971 war between the two nuclear-armed neighbours, was […]
Claim: A video making lewd allegations claims to show PTI member Sanam Javed being embraced by her lawyer. Fact: The claim is false because the man in the video is Sanam’s father, and not her lawyer Mian Ashfaq Ali. On 17 July 2024, a pro-PML-N account shared a video (archive) on X with the caption, […]
Claim: An image shows Supreme Court Justice Ayesha Malik meeting with women members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Fact: The claim is misleading. The picture shows the judge standing with two lawyers, at a conference on violence against women organised by the United Nations and Women in Law, in Lahore. The image is from 2018, well […]
Claim: Donald Trump expressed support for Imran Khan by wearing a cap bearing the numbers “45-47” during a recent event, implying that they refer to Form 45 and Form 47. Captions on different social media posts state that Trump believes the PTI was robbed of its mandate during Pakistan’s 2024 elections. Fact: The numbers “45-47” […]
Claim: Posters of Imran Khan have been put up in India in June 2024 to show support for the former Pakistani prime minister while he remains incarcerated. Fact: The clip circulating on WhatsApp is a news report from over four years ago about posters of Khan and Indian politician Navjot Singh Sidhu that were put […]
Claim: A photo circulated after the death of Ebrahim Raisi shows Imran Khan standing alongside the late Iranian president. Fact: The image does not show Imran Khan with Raisi. It was originally posted in July 2023 and shows Allama Raja Nasir Abbas Jafari, a Pakistani cleric and senator. On 20 May 2024, Facebook page ‘Verified […]
Claim: 40 Pakistanis were deported from Europe for spreading hatred and conspiracies on social media against the state of Pakistan. Fact: The claim is misleading. According to credible reports in the media, the migrants from Spain were deported in December 2023 after being arrested on charges of extremism. On 10 June 2024, Abdullah Gull, son […]
Claim: A sky letter banner flown from an aeroplane during the Pakistan-India cricket match on 9 June 2024 in New York actually carried a message that Imran Khan will only be released if he returns money stolen through corruption. Fact: The sky letter banner originally only read “Release Imran Khan” and does not make any […]