Claim: A video of a mysterious tunnel / cave / mine has been circulating on Pakistani social media in light of allegations against an influential politician of having a private jail. The politician Sardar Abdul Rehman Khetran, who is a minister from the restive Balochistan province, is accused of abuse and assault of civilians. Debunked […]
Claim: In recent news, a video has been circulating on Pakistani social media platforms purporting a paranormal occurrence in China that resulted in a rain of worms falling from the sky. The video has garnered significant attention and has been widely shared across various social media channels. Debunked Source: https://twitter.com/humnewspakistan/status/1634675760932716545 https://twitter.com/NeoNewsUR/status/1634519538434732034 https://fb.watch/jpf5Z4ooW6/ https://www.facebook.com/reel/570406728516881 Fact Check: […]
Claim: Recently, a video has been circulating on social media platforms in Pakistan, alleging that the Islamabad Police forcefully removed female students from their hostels in the middle of the night. This incident reportedly occurred amidst clashes between student federations at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad. Debunked Source: https://twitter.com/amnakegossips/status/1630696115069648896 https://twitter.com/JafarAbbasi8/status/1630725087547596801 https://twitter.com/omerchemma/status/1630701768630779904 Fact Check: Inorder to check the […]
Claim: Recently, a photo of a former prime minister Imran Khan has been making rounds on Twitter, where it has been widely shared with a misleading context that portrays Imran Khan as a child abuser. Debunked Source: https://twitter.com/haniya600/status/1628384575964565504 Fact Check: Inorder to check the claim we performed a reverse image anlysis of the shared image […]
Claim: Recently, a claim has been circulating on social media platforms in Pakistan, alleging that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Chairman Imran Khan is paying an $8 subscription fee for Twitter Blue in order to receive a verification tick on his profile, and comparing his verified status with that of serving Prime Minister Shahbaz Sharif. Debunked Source: https://twitter.com/OmniscientXo/status/1595898238669934602 […]
Claim: Recently, a video has been circulating on social media platforms in Pakistan, alleging that Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s Member of National Assembly Faheem Khan was beaten by public on a routine flight. Debunked Source: https://twitter.com/SarfrazzPMLN/status/1609858705025110016 https://twitter.com/Hooria_jani/status/1609951869966721026 Fact Check: Inorder to check the claim we analyzed keyframes and performed a reverse image search and found the video […]
Claim: Recently, a video has been circulating on social media platforms in Pakistan, alleging that Pakistan has declared war in Balochistan and is deploying heavy military weaponry to Bolan and neighboring areas. The video shows visuals of jet helicopters and gunships purportedly being used in the deployment. Debunked Source: https://twitter.com/JSFM_INTL_SPKMN/status/1587052734771257344 Fact Check: Inorder to check […]
Claim: Recently, a video circulated on social media in Pakistan alleging that an Israeli police officer had reportedly strangled a Palestinian child to death during a protest outside the US embassy in Jerusalem. Debunked Source: https://twitter.com/Akasuki0092/status/1613973540654690304 Fact Check: Inorder to check the claim we analyzed keyframes and performed a reverse image search and found the […]
Introduction On November 22, 2022 a web-based fact checking website “Fact Focus” claimed their website has been reportedly blocked after publishing wealth statements of COAS Qamar Javaid Bajwa and his family. Fact Focus further tweeted that Urdu version of their report can be accessed at “Haqaia.com” Many netzines also reported outage and suspected it as […]
A claim went viral on social media that “Aphelion Phenomenon” will cause severe cold environment starting from 10th July 2022 till August 2022 with serious health concerns like fever, cough, shortness of breath etc. as the distance between sun and earth will increase by 66% (90,000,000 km to 152,000,000 km). (Widespread of claim on Facebook) […]