Claim: Donald Trump campaigned for the 2024 US Presidential Election by having a video of his meeting with Imran Khan from 2019 displayed on a billboard in Times Square, New York. Fact: The video is doctored; the billboard originally featured Pakistani YouTuber Saad-ur-Rehman, also known as Ducky Bhai, and his wife, Aroob Jatoi. Just days […]
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: Pictures of Donald Trump at a public event show him with an undamaged ear, days after an assassination attempt on the Republican leader. Fact: The images predate the assassination attempt in which he was injured in the ear; therefore, the claim is false. On 16 July 2024, X (formerly Twitter) user @pollyollydoodle posted (archive) […]
Claim: A video circulating on social media shows former US President Donald Trump pledging to help former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan get out of jail and regain power if he wins the 2024 US presidential election. Fact: The video in question is a deepfake, artificially generated by an application known as ParrotAI. This app […]
Claim: A video circulating on social media allegedly depicts Sheikh Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais, the Imam of Masjid Al-Haram, praying for former US President Donald Trump. Fact: The video does not in fact show the Imam praying for Trump. This post on Facebook titled “Imam e Kaaba in a prayer for Trump ” has gone viral […]
Claim: US President Donald Trump has been impeached by Congress, and will now have to step down from the office of president. Fact: The lower house of the United States Congress, i.e. the House of Representatives, has passed an article of impeachment against Trump. The matter will now be presented before the upper house, the […]
Claim: US president-elect Joe Biden has invited Bilawal Bhutto Zardari, chairperson of Pakistan People’s Party, and former president Asif Ali Zardari to attend his oath-taking ceremony on January 20. Fact: PPP officials confirm that Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has not been invited to the ceremony. On January 12, 2021, many Pakistani news outlets, including Khaleej Times, […]