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Pakistan's first non-partisan news outlet certified by @factchecknet (IFCN). Sorting fact from fiction. Send us fake/misleading news at [email protected]
Joined January 2020
Social media platforms are inundated with posts claiming that a shop with religious inscriptions on its signage remained safe following the recent tragic fire at #Karachi’s #GulPlaza Shopping Mall. However, a visit proved otherwise. Read our fact-check:
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‘Thai Baby Shop’ owner Mohammad Asif says everyone gave him hope but when he opened the shutter, ‘my entire shop had burned down’.
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The capture of Nicolas #Maduro, the ousted president of #Venezuela, in January 2026 unleashed a flurry of AI-generated and doctored images on social media. We investigated the visuals. Read our fact-check here:
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On 3 January 2026, the US bombed Venezuela before abducting Maduro and his wife, Cilia Flores, during ‘Operation Absolute Resolve.’
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Did the Field Marshal Asim Munir break down while delivering a speech? No. Read here: https://t.co/z0b1U1An3w
#SochFactCheck #FieldMarshal #AsimMunir
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The viral clip showing Field Marshal Asim Munir crying is likely a deepfake.
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A clip showing KP CM Sohail Afridi comment on DG ISPR and Imran Khan went viral online. Soch Fact Check investigated the video and found that it was fake. Read here: https://t.co/eDg05dlajl
#SochFactCheck #SohailAfridi #ChiefMinister #KhyberPakhtunkhwa
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AI-generated deepfake audio was likely overlaid onto footage of the KP Chief Minister’s address in Peshawar this month.
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Did #Indian External Affairs Minister S #Jaishankar write to French Ambassador Thierry Mathou expressing concern over apparently leaked communications about a #Rafale jets deal? Read our fact-check here:
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Indian FM writes his name as ‘S. Jaishankar,’ in his official communications, not ‘Subrahmanyam Jaishankar,’ as in the document in the claim.
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Multiple #Afghan and #Indian users claimed that a #Sindhi separatist protest took place in Karachi. However, the reality is different. Read our fact-check here:
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The Sindhi Culture Day is celebrated across various cities in the province on the first Sunday of December every year.
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Viral social media posts claimed that the Pakistani #Taliban attacked soldiers in #Kurram and burned military vehicles on 11 December 2025. We investigated the reports. Read our fact-check here:
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Social media users claimed that the TTP said it took control of four Pakistan Army’s tanks in Kurram Agency and burned them.
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Over the past few weeks, multiple visuals of the former prime minister have surfaced on social media, showing #ImranKhan working out inside the #AdialaJail. However, are the photos real? Read our fact-check here:
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Google’s Gemini confirmed that the images were created using its AI tools, citing the detection of a SynthID watermark.
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Did #PTI leader Sahibzada Jahangir secretly meet Australian journalist @SkyYaldaHakim in a café to plan an interview with Imran Khan’s sister, #AleemaKhanum. We investigated the viral photo circulating as proof of the claim. Read our fact-check:
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Viral image surfaced shortly after Yalda Hakim interviewed incarcerated former Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan’s sister, Aleema Khanum.
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A video circulating online shows an elderly man sculpting a statue of Imran Khan. Soch Fact Check found that it is not real. Read here:
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The viral clip showing a man sculpting a statue of Imran Khan is AI-generated.
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Earlier this month, multiple social media accounts — primarily #Afghan and #Indian — claimed that former caretaker PM Kakar was shot and injured in #Quetta. We investigated and debunked the rumour. Read our fact-check here:
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Balochistan Caretaker Information Minister Jan Achakzai rebutted the claim about Anwaar-ul-Haq Kakar being injured as ‘completely unfounded’.
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Viral posts claim Aleema Khan called Army Chief Asim Munir a ‘radicalised Islamist’ during an interview with Sky News. However, Soch Fact Check investigated and found that the clip is a deepfake. https://t.co/GAEzauTkrc
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The video is likely a deepfake
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We are hiring for multiple roles. Send your CV, cover letter and writing samples to jobs@sochvideos.com. #SochMedia #SochVideos #SochFactCheck #Hiring #Jobs
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A significantly viral video shows #Pakistan Army spokesperson Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry commending #ImranKhan and asking for his forgiveness. We investigated it; read our findings here:
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A video purportedly showing the site of an #Afghan drone strike in #Pakistan’s #Peshawar is not what it is claimed to be. We investigated the clip; read our fact-check here:
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Islamabad has long alleged that Afghanistan harbours armed groups and facilitates the TTP’s attacks inside Pakistan.
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Days after the clashes between Pakistani authorities and #TLP protesters, a video surfaced showing that #AhsanIqbal apparently advised Field Marshal #AsimMunir to resign. But is the clip recent? Read our fact-check here:
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Following a meeting chaired by Punjab Chief Minister #MaryamNawaz Sharif, her party, the PMLN, and Senior Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb asserted that Imperial College London would build a campus in the Nawaz Sharif IT City. We investigated their claims here:
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Visuals featuring Israel’s Benjamin #Netanyahu posing and shaking hands with US President Donald #Trump, as well as Pakistan’s PM #ShehbazSharif and Army chief Field Marshal #AsimMunir, recently went viral on social media. We investigated them here:
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Netanyahu did not meet Trump the same day as when Sharif and Munir met the US president on 26 September, at least publicly.
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Amid rising personal attacks on women journalists for their work, renowned #Pakistani journalist @Benazir_Shah was recently targeted with #deepfake videos and images. We investigated the viral visuals. Read our fact-check here:
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Benazir Shah flagged the AI-generated video, writing ‘#AttacksWontSilenceUs,’ referring to the campaign about the challenges women journalists face in Pakistan.
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