Claim: Viral video shows children raising “Imran Khan zindabad!” [Long live Imran Khan!] slogans during Maryam Nawaz’s visit to a flood-relief camp in Multan.
Fact: The original video does not show the children chanting any such slogans. The audio of “Imran Khan zindabad!” was overlaid onto the original footage.
A viral video shows the Chief Minister of Punjab sitting among a group of children. The video contains the following text: لوجی ! مریم نواز نے بچوں کو لالچ دے کر بٹھایا بچوں نے عمران خان کے نعرے لگا دیے
میریم نواز بچوں کو روکتی رہی نہیں نہیں یہ نہیں بولنا
[Translation: Maryam Nawaz lured the children to sit down, but the children raised slogans of Imran Khan. Maryam Nawaz tried to stop the children. No, no, don’t say that.]
Fact or Fiction?
Soch Fact Check reverse-searched keyframes from the viral video to trace the original footage and understand its full context. We found an extended version shared by Dunya News, titled “CM Punjab Maryam Nawaz Meets Flood Victims in Multan.” The video includes various moments from her visit to Multan, where she met people affected by the recent floods in Punjab.
At 8:23, a man asked everyone to look at the camera, and Maryam Nawaz told the children to smile. In the background, another person exclaimed, “Na’ray lagao saray bachay!” [All the children, raise slogans!].
To this, the Chief Minister responded, “Nahi nahi” [No, no]. Despite this, the kids chanted “Maryam Nawaz zindabad!” [Long live Maryam Nawaz!], followed by “Begum Maryam Nawaz Sharif sahiba zindabad!” [Long live Lady Maryam Nawaz Sharif!]. The chants became unintelligible at this moment in the video. However, the chief minister soon interrupted the children and asked them to smile. Afterwards, she clapped and told the children to study well while they were at the camp.
At no point in the video did we hear any chants of “Imran Khan zindabad!” [Long live Imran Khan!]. A review of the footage of her visit aired by ARY News and Suno News also did not show the children chanting slogans for Imran Khan at any point.
Importantly, a loud honk can be heard when the “Imran Khan zindabad” chant is raised in the video in the claim. However, no such sound is audible in the original footage we reviewed. This indicated that the video in the claim was likely overlaid with separate audio.
Shaur Azher, a sound engineer at our sister company, Soch Videos analysed the video and informed us that the audio of the “Imran Khan zindabad!” slogan was separately added as its sound profile differs from the natural sounds in the original video of Maryam Nawaz at the Multan flood relief camp.
Virality
The claim was shared here (archive) and here (archive) on Facebook.
On Instagram, it was shared here (archive) and here (archive).
It was shared here (archive ) on X.
Conclusion: The “Imran Khan zindabad” audio was overlaid onto original footage of the Punjab Chief Minister’s visit to a flood relief camp in Multan. The original video only shows the children at the camp raising slogans in support of Maryam Nawaz.
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Background image in cover photo: Maryam Nawaz Official
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