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Viral Videos Falsely Link Bondi Beach Attack to Pakistan

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Claim 1: A viral six-second video circulating on social media claims that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announced the arrest of a “Pakistani-origin terrorist” linked to the Bondi Beach attack and imposed a complete suspension of visas for Pakistani citizens. Fact Check: This claim is false. The video’s audio has been manipulated using artificial intelligence. […]

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Viral Press Release Linking Bondi Beach Attackers to Pakistan Is Fake

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Claim:  Following a shooting incident involving two armed individuals during a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach, Australia, on 14 December, social media users began circulating a purported press release attributed to Pakistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA). The document claimed that one of the attackers had visited Rawalpindi Cantonment between 1 and 5 December as

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Fact-Check: No Evidence of Alleged Attacks in Mastung and Machh

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Claim: Social media posts by the group Fitna al-Hindustan claimed an attack on the house of a Pakistan Army major in Mastung and a blast in Machh Bazaar, portraying these as significant victories against security forces. Investigation: TKC conducted a thorough verification of both locations. Officials confirmed that there were no signs of any attacks

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Fact-Check: Recycled Fake ID Used Again to Link Pakistan to Indian Bombing

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Claim: A social media post dated 13 November 2025 alleges that “Afeera Bibi, a Pakistani national, is the wife of Muhammad Umar, the alleged suicide attacker in the Delhi blast case.” The claim is accompanied by an image of a Pakistani national identity card (NIC). Fact: The same NIC image has been used repeatedly in

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Fact Check: Viral Missile Image Shared by Afghan Accounts Is North Korean, Not Afghan

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During the recent tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan, misleading information continued to spread widely on social media. While some fake news originated from Indian accounts, Afghan accounts were also active in sharing false claims. One such example includes Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid sharing a photo of a missile, falsely claiming that the Afghan Defence Forces

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Fact Check: Viral Video Claiming PAF Jet Shot Down by Afghan Taliban Is False

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Claim: A video circulating widely on social media alleges that amid ongoing Pakistan–Afghanistan border tensions, terrorists have shot down a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) aircraft. Fact: The claim is false and misleading. Verification shows that the video is neither recent nor related to Pakistan. The footage is from India’s Rajasthan state, depicting a three-year-old Indian

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Fact Check: Viral Video Claiming Houthi Threats to Pakistan Is Misleading

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Claim: Following the Pakistan-Saudi Arabia defense agreement on September 18, a video began circulating on social media, shared by multiple Indian users, claiming that a Houthi operative threatened Pakistan after the deployment of its troops to the Saudi-Yemen border. The viral posts suggested that Pakistan had sent 25,000 troops to the border, prompting a severe

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Propaganda Exposed: Viral Photos Misrepresent Anti-Smuggling Operation as Bribery Incident

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Some social media accounts have been circulating one or two photos along with the claim that a Baloch youth was beaten by security forces near the Pakistan-Iran border for refusing to pay a bribe. This claim is false. Claim: Posts on social media are sharing images with the caption alleging that security personnel are torturing

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Fact-Check: UNHCR Continues Its Operations for Afghan Refugees in Pakistan

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A message circulating on WhatsApp groups in Pakistan claims that the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has announced the termination of all services for Afghan refugees in Pakistan starting from 17 August 2025. This rumour surfaced around the same time that Pakistan announced plans to repatriate more than 1.3 million

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Fact Check: Old and Unrelated Videos Falsely Linked to Bajaur Operation

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Reverse image and video searches have revealed that several videos and images circulating on social media, purportedly showing the aftermath of recent military operations in Bajaur, are in fact old and unrelated. The visuals originate from Iraq, Azad Jammu and Kashmir, and past protest events, and have no connection to the 2025 Bajaur incident. In

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