Claim: Islamabad police did not brutalise or torture female Baloch protesters and safely transported them to a location of their choice. Fact: According to video evidence and eyewitness statements, ICT police detained over 50 Baloch women, after releasing them and dismissing any charges against them. The police forcefully attempted to deport them back to Quetta, […]
Claim: Social media posts claim that the percentage of women who smoke in Pakistan has surged to 72%, citing the Pakistan Tobacco Board (PTB) as the source. Fact: This claim is false. The Pakistan Tobacco Board said that the figure was from a 2005 survey and PTB has no involvement in it. On 23 July […]
Claim: Journalist Amir Mateen shared an old video of police brutality in the current context of political turmoil in Pakistan. Fact: The video is from September 2019 when an SHO in Multan assaulted women on camera. On 20 May 2023, journalist Amir Mateen shared a video on Twitter, with the caption “What’s going on […]
Claim: Pakistani parents lock their daughters’ graves to avoid necrophilia, as shown in a viral photo. Fact: The photo is not from Pakistan but Hyderabad, India. On 29 April 2023, Indian media outlet ANI News published a report that includes a viral photo of a padlocked grave, claiming that Pakistani parents are locking their daughters’ […]
Claim: Women these days reach menopause by age 30. Fact: It is factually incorrect that women these days reach menopause by age 30. Two gynaecologists that Soch Fact Check spoke to, as well as a number of peer-reviewed research papers and studies, prove that women in Pakistan reach menopause around the age of 47-55. Furthermore, […]
Claim: A video shows PTI supporters — transgender people and women — attacking the police during the recent clashes in Zaman Park, Lahore. Fact: The video is from September 2022, when a clash erupted between transgender persons and police in Defence Housing Authority, Lahore. Fact or Fiction? On 14 March 2023, Facebook user Ahmed Khan […]
Claim: The Pink Peoples Bus Service in Karachi, Sindh, is the first women-only bus service in Pakistan. Fact: The Pink Bus Service in Sindh is the first women-only bus service in the province, but not the country. The women-only buses were launched in Lahore in 2012, in Peshawar in April 2019 and in Gilgit-Baltistan in […]
Claim: Aaj TV reported that Imran Khan gave a public statement commenting on the viral accusations alleging that 4 Pakistani actresses had extra-marital relationships with military officers. Fact: PTI Media spokesperson Azhar Mashwani and Dr Arsalan Khalid have both declared this statement fake, and confirmed that Imran Khan did not comment on the allegations. On […]
Claim: The National Database and Registration Authority (NADRA) has changed its policy requiring women to adopt their husband’s names as surnames after marriage. Fact: Women were previously not required to change their surnames but it was a practice encouraged unofficially. Rather, under the previous policy, women had to include their husband’s name in a mandatory […]