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Pakistan

Fact Check: Did Junaid Akbar’s brothers beat a ‘poor man’

Junaid Akbar has no brother

Published 08 Feb, 2025 08:53pm

Pakistan

Fact check: Will Punjab police crack down on journalists?

The misinformation originated from a Facebook post on October 24

Published 07 Nov, 2024 02:59pm

Pakistan

Fact check: Viral claims of SC appeal fees increasing to Rs1 million debunked

Claims began circulating on social media platforms after 26th amendment

Published 23 Oct, 2024 04:16pm

Pakistan

Fact check: Did Imran Khan praise Nawaz Sharif in viral video?

The video was shared on social media platforms

Published 04 Oct, 2024 03:42pm

Pakistan

Govt issues statement on Defence Day holiday

A notification had claimed that a public holiday had been declared

Updated 05 Sep, 2024 12:46pm

Pakistan

Fact Check: Old photos of man stripping in public falsely linked to rising cost of electricity in Pakistan

The photos circulated amid growing concern within country about affordability of electricity

Published 12 Jul, 2024 10:02am

Pakistan

Fact Check: IHC judges did not file petition against ISI chief

Six out of the eight judges of the IHC wrote a letter to SC on May 2023

Published 06 Jul, 2024 12:46pm

Pakistan

Fact check: Sargodha mob violence victims alive

Family and police have confirmed that there were no deaths in this incident

Published 28 May, 2024 12:53pm

Pakistan

Video showing Imran Khan’s lookalike goes viral

The man in the video is walking in wheat fields

Published 12 May, 2024 12:14am

Must Read

Were army helicopters used to dry wheat in viral video?

An army aviation officer thinks otherwise

Published 02 May, 2024 12:34am

Pakistan

Fact check: Is the video of a wheelchair-bound woman being robbed from Karachi?

The video is actually neither from Karachi nor recent

Published 30 Apr, 2024 04:19pm

Life & Style

Fact check: Was that picture of Greta Thunberg manipulated?

Swedish climate change activist arrested by Dutch police twice on same day during The Hague protests

Published 09 Apr, 2024 06:24pm

Pakistan

MMfD launches collaborative fact-checking tool for newsrooms

Called 'Facter', the tool will help newsrooms fight misinformation

Published 02 Feb, 2024 07:07pm

Pakistan

Factcheck: Was a PTI song played at Maryam Nawaz’s rally?

A video of the song being played when Maryam is about to speak has been posted on X.

Published 29 Jan, 2024 11:57am

Pakistan

FactCheck: Did X mark Solangi’s tweet as a lie?

PTI supporters have claimed that social media platform X, formerly Twitter, marked a tweet by Caretaker Information...

Published 06 Jan, 2024 05:10pm

Pakistan

Factcheck: PMLN’s Javed Latif thrashed by voters?

Video shows mob chasing PMLN leader

Published 29 Dec, 2023 07:27pm

Trending

Factcheck: Viral video of teenager smuggling bread to Palestinians not linked to Gaza

The video went viral with claims an Egyptian boy helped Gaza residents across Rafah border

Updated 22 Dec, 2023 04:01pm

Pakistan

Fact Check: Has Pakistan already sent aid to Palestine?

A post on X claimed that aid from Pakistan had already arrived in Gaza

Published 19 Oct, 2023 01:10pm

World

Factcheck: Are the videos of Israeli helicopters being shot down real?

The videos claiming to show Israeli helicopters are actually from a video game

Published 08 Oct, 2023 01:59pm

Life & Style

Fact Check: Chicago opens casino in a mosque?

People have expressed outrage but the building has no connection with Islam

Published 13 Sep, 2023 05:05pm

World

Fact check: Afghan govt bars citizens from travelling to Pakistan

Screenshots and news shared by journalists do not mention date of statement

Updated 03 Sep, 2023 07:13pm

Pakistan

Fact check: Sahiwal man neither framed for blasphemy nor a Christian

Victim is a rickshaw driver and he was beaten while dropping girls to school in Chichawatni

Updated 21 Aug, 2023 03:48pm

Pakistan

Fact check: Did a school principal drown in Nowshera?

The video is in fact from a different place and not recent

Published 15 Aug, 2023 08:00pm

Life & Style

Fact check: Claims about Afghan singer’s Pakistan death turn out to be false

Journalist from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa speaks to Haseeba Noori, who says she is fine

Updated 17 Jul, 2023 09:24pm

World

Factcheck: Why this dog finds survivors following every major earthquake

Fake images circulated after a massive earthquake in Turkiye and Syria

Published 07 Feb, 2023 02:51pm