Claim: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif approved a 10-day Basant festival across Punjab from 29 January to 7 February 2027. Fact: The 10-day festival is scheduled for Lahore, not across Punjab. Several social media posts, including a Facebook post by Business Bytes Pakistan, claims Punjab’s CM Maryam approved a 10-day Basant festival across the […]
Claim: A video shows students in India attacking an airbase. Fact: The clip is from a student protest in Lovely Professional University in Phagwara, Punjab, India. On 28 September 2026, a Facebook account named Engr Khalil Hussain shared a clip showing a silhouette of a fighter jet, surrounded by hundreds of people. The video […]
Claim: Mobile and internet services across Punjab will be downgraded from 27 September. Fact: The Punjab Home Department’s request concerns specified locations in Rawalpindi and throughout Attock district, not Punjab as a whole. On 24 September 2026, a Facebook page called Sky News Urdu Pakistan (not associated with the UK’s Sky News) published a graphic […]
Claim: Pakistan increased the death certificate fee from Rs 300 to Rs 1,200 from 1 August 2026. Fact: No nationwide increase from Rs 300 to Rs 1,200 took effect on 1 August 2026. The official fee schedules and records reviewed by Soch Fact Check do not support this claim. On 26 July 2026, Facebook page […]
Claim: An image shows a group of children arrested for making a video against CM Punjab Maryam Nawaz. Fact: The image is AI-generated. On 7 August 2026, a Facebook account named میرا وطن shared a video of a group of boys addressing Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz. In the 17 second-long video, one […]
Claim: Dr Anoosh Masood has been appointed as the first female Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab. Fact: The claim is false. On 3 August 2026, a Facebook account named بورے والا پوچھتا ہے shared an image of a Pakistani police officer, Dr Anoosh Masood, and claimed that she has become the first female Inspector […]
Claim: A video shows the interior of a flooded shop in Punjab. Fact: The clip is AI-generated. On 26 July 2026, an account on X named ‘B@i1’z’ shared a video of a flooded shop. The clip begins with footage of muddy brown water rushing through the store’s entrance and aisles. Plastic bottles and various grocery […]
Claim: CM Punjab Maryam Nawaz claimed during a speech that her daughter graduated at the age of 13. Fact: Nawaz did not say this. The caption of the video is false. On 4 July 2026, a Facebook account named Zahid Khan shared a clip of Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz speaking at the National […]
Claim: An image claims to show a nine-year-old girl named Hania Ahmed who was recently accidentally shot and killed by the Crime Control Department in Punjab. Fact: The image does not show Hania Ahmed. On 14 June 2026, a Facebook page named TrendX Pakistan shared a collage of two pictures: one image showed a bullet […]
Claim: An image shows doctors operating on CM Punjab Maryam Nawaz following the announcement of her recent major surgery in Lahore. Fact: The picture is AI-generated. On 29 May 2026, a Facebook page named ‘Salwa Khan’ shared an image of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif lying on a hospital bed surrounded by doctors. The […]
Claim: Chief Minister of Punjab Maryam Nawaz has decided to give Rs 700,000 in aid to every low income household in Punjab. Fact: The reel is dubbed with AI-generated audio. On 16 April, a Facebook user posted a reel in which a news anchor is claiming that the Chief Minister of Punjab has decided to […]
Claim: The Council of Common Interests (CCI) has cancelled the Six Canals Project on the Indus River after widespread protest in Sindh. No new canals will be built over the river. Fact: Whilethe project was temporarily paused in April 2025, it has not been formally cancelled. The CCI “decided that the federal government will not move […]