Tag: fact check
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Fact-check: Is PM Shehbaz Sharif’s UN address the most watched on the UN’s YouTube channel?
The government on Monday, shared a picture on the Instagram page ‘govtofpakistan’ which claimed that Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) speech got more views than any world leader on the official YouTube channel of the UN. The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said that PM Shehbaz Sharif’s speech was watched by…
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False claims link bailed Mahal Baloch to BLA suicide attacker
A series of violent attacks took place on August 26 in Balochistan, including a suicide attack by the Balochistan Liberation Army (BLA) in Lasbela. The BLA identified one of the bombers as Mahal Baloch in the attack on the Frontier Corps (FC) camp. On social media, people linked her to a recently bailed woman named…
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Fact Check: Viral video of Mahrang Baloch’s arrest actually from 2020
A video circulated on social media on Thursday shows Baloch activist Dr. Mahrang Baloch being dragged into a police van, suggesting that she has been arrested. Dawn.com, however, conducted a fact check and confirmed that the video is from 2020. This spread of misinformation coincides with renewed unrest in Balochistan following protests by the Baloch…
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Pakistani bank statements unacceptable for UK visa? Fake news!
A letter circulating all over social media claiming that the United Kingdom will no longer accept financial documents from major Pakistani banks for visa or immigration applications and that English language tests, including IELTS, will be considered unacceptable for Pakistani students has turned out to be fake. In the letter allegedly issued by UK Visas…
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FACTCHECK: Did Umair Jaswal really say, ‘Mera aur Khawar Maneka ka gham aik jaisa hai’?
On Sunday, Neo News posted an article with the title “Mera aur Khawar Maneka ka gham aik jaisa hai: Umair Jaswal”. Later, they deleted the article as singer-cum-actor Umair Jaswal explained that a fake X account with his identity appeared on social media after his former wife Sana Javed married cricketer Shoaib Malik. Umair Jaswal…
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Sarfraz Bugti refuses to provide details of 14 bombing attacks by Afghans
Caretaker government officials are not providing any information to support their claim that Afghan nationals were involved in 14 out of 24 suicide bombing attacks in Pakistan in 2023, Geo has reported. Interior Minister Sarfraz Bugti disclosed on October 3 that from January until October, Pakistan has witnessed 24 suicide bombing attacks. “Of those 24…
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Viral video about Gurdwara Kartarpur Sahib is actually from four kilometres away
A video going viral on the other side of the border shows a group dancing at what seems to be an event. The video was spread in India with claims that liquor and meat were served at the event in the Gurdwara Sahib. It is to be noted that meat and alcohol are strictly prohibited…
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Fact-check: Is Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen dead or alive?
News about veteran Indian economist and Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen’s death started circulating on social media today. A social media post about Sen’s death that the Indian media was quoting was from Claudia Goldin’s X (formerly Twitter) account, which turned out to be a fake account. I don’t think she has tweeted that. I think…
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Journalist corrects Indian media spreading misinformation about Pakistan
Naimat Khan, a journalist working with Arab News, pointed out false news being widely circulated by Indian media. Indian news platforms have been reporting that Maulana Qaiser Farooq has been shot and killed in a target attack in Karachi, alleging that he was one of the prominent leaders of Lashkar-e-Taiba and was a close associate…
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‘This is no boarding house’; German Ambassador fact checks Indian ad
Dr Philipp Ackermann, German Ambassador to India and Bhutan, was forced to fact check an advertisement printed in an Indian newspaper on X (formerly Twitter). The ad was of a boarding school fair, complete with a picture of an impressive building. And while India does have numerous buildings built on European architecture styles, the one…