Claim: A viral tweet by @wikiboy5 and a Facebook post by Abdul Latif Awan claimed that former federal minister and PTI leader Zartaj Gul has joined the Pakistan People’s Party (PPP). Fact: Zartaj Gul did not leave PTI or join PPP. She remains a senior PTI leader and a supporter of Imran Khan. The post […]
Claim: A video depicts the arrest of social media activist “Little Imran Khan” by the police. Fact: The full video shows that the boy was not arrested. A clip cropped from the video went viral on social media, with viewers believing he was arrested. . On 7 June 2023, several Twitter users claimed that law […]
Claim: A viral image shows a girl who jumped off a flyover into a river in Jhelum to prove her love for a boy who “escaped immediately”. The girl was later saved by a rescue team. Fact: The image, in fact, shows a woman who had jumped from the Trimmu Barrage Bridge in Tehsil 18 […]
Claim: Salman Ahmad of Junoon has been arrested recently. Fact: Old videos of Salman Ahmad being arrested were shared out of context. On 25 March 2023, YouTuber Imran Riaz Khan shared a tweet claiming Salman Ahmad, a former member of the band Junoon, had been arrested. At the same time, a video was shared on […]
Claim: An image shows a police officer wearing an ASI badge with severe head injuries after the recent skirmishes at Zaman Park, where PTI supporters attacked the police. Fact: The image of a police officer with an ASI badge with severe head injuries is from 2021, when the Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) supporters attacked the police. […]
Claim: News outlets reported that Twitter fired a man 24 hours after hiring him. Fact: The reports were based on tweets by @SaeedDiCaprio, who posted them as an elaborate joke. On 10 February 2023, four Nigerian news outlets published a news story titled, “Elon Musk allegedly fires man from Twitter 24 hours after hiring him.” […]
Claim: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), an Indian political party, is considered the party with the largest propaganda and misinformation network in the world, followed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI). Fact: The index being alluded to by viral posts was shared by a parody account, South Youthia Index, on Twitter. Fact or Fiction? On 7 February […]
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 social media post claim that Elon Musk will appoint Donald Trump Jr as Twitter’s new CEO. Fact: The claim is not true. Blogger Jeff Charles posted a satire piece that people mistook as authentic news. On 20 December 2022, Facebook user DG Jenkins claimed in a post that “Elon Musk to Appoint Donald […]
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: PML-N MNA Ahsan Iqbal said that American president Joe Biden’s recent remarks questioning the safety of Pakistan’s nuclear program are because, like a father, he wants what is best for Pakistan. Fact: Ahsan Iqbal did not make this comment, a Geo News Urdu parody account on Twitter did. On 15 October 2022, a journalist […]