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A picture has been circulating since yesterday claiming that a Pakistan flag was seen raised and flown by a protester in Bangladesh. The picture went viral after protests in Bangladesh led to the ouster of prime minister Sheikh Hasina who…
Online media outlet South Asia Index has claimed that Pakistan has “terminated” diplomatic relations with Iran. This claim is incorrect and misleading. This was made on the official X account of the online news outlet. FACT: On the contrary, Pakistan…
It is not a secret that WION News is a well known Indian government propaganda news organization. There has been news spreading rapidly that Pakistan has supplied ammunition to Israel and it is totally false. Besides the handle that broke…
Contrary to reports doing the rounds on social media, fees for machine readable passports have not increased, says the Director General for Passports and Immigration, Govt of Pakistan Contrary to reports doing the rounds on social media, fees…
A Twitter account claiming to be of a “journalist from Kenya” with 58 tweets and only 3 days old has a display pic which is not of any journalist but of a Kenyan celebrity whose sex tape was leaked online.…
The documentary “Behind Closed Doors” by an obscure and unknown group is not coming to Netflix. It will however most likely find its way to their own YouTube channel – with around 107,000 subscribers – not Netflix though. Some facts:…
Another example of a subtle disinformation campaign following the gruesome Nishtar Hopsital Multan discovery. 1. No official source has given any figure, least of all 500, as is being propagated now by some Twitter accounts. The footage shows 15-20 bodies.…
A Twitter account that claims to tweet about Gilgit Baltistan in pictures shared a video on Oct 11 – it has over 110,000 followers and by Oct 12 the video had over 7,500 views. The Twitter handle claims the clip…
We can confirm that this account claiming to be that of former ISI DG Lt Gen Asad Durrani is fake. It has gained well over 6,000 followers but is not operated by Gen Durrani. We have it on good authority…
This is incorrect and in fact false. Four hospitals in Pakistan alone have this JCI accreditation – Shaukat Khanum is one of them but it is certainly not the second in the world. In fact, in the entire world 1,081…
