A video went viral on social media claiming that wheat stock in government’s custody is getting rusted. It is being claimed that the wheat was stocked by the Sindh government which could have been distributed timely. At the time of reporting, the post was viewed more than 70 thousand times and  was retweeted by more than 3 thousand users. 

(Screenshot from Twitter post)

Debunked Source

https://twitter.com/Fani2536/status/1562778886168973315

Fact-check

In order to verify the claim, we extracted keyframes of the shared video and performed a reverse image search.

(Frozen keyframes of the video)

Reverse image search revealed the video dates back to 30^th July 2022 from Tamil Nādu, India.

(Screenshot from Facebook post)

Same video was also posted on YouTube titled “India is a curse for farmers”

(Screenshot from YouTube post)

Source

https://www.facebook.com/257119988434757/videos/790966931935744

Rating

False Context/Misleading

Conclusion

Our fact-check confirmed that the shared video dates back to 30^th July 2022 from Tamil Nadu, India. The video was reshared with a false connection to the Sindh government.

ABCDE Framework-Based Analysis 

Actor	Independent social media accounts are involved in disseminating disinformation.
Behavior	A video from India is posted to blame Sindh government for being incompetent.
Content	Social Media post.
Degree	Target audience of this post was the general public, the purpose of sharing it was to blame the Sindh government for poorly managing the stock. No synthetic means were used to make the post viral.
Effect	The post was shared and widely circulated by supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf. The Sindh government was highly criticized for not valuing farmers’ efforts.