“A nighttime visual of the earth from space shows that Pakistan was wiped off the map and completely dark during a massive country-wide power outage.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
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“Maulana Tariq Jamil has died.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
“A video shows snowfall in the Kaaba, or the Grand Mosque of Saudi Arabia, for the first time in history.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
“A video shows a 70-year-old Pakistani man travelling by foot to attend the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
“A video shows a cat invading the field and scoring a goal during a 2022 FIFA World Cup match in Qatar.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: Misleading
“The German national ethics council has called for incest between siblings to be legalised by the government.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: Misleading
“The Government of Brazil has permitted its citizens to start killing bike-riding muggers in a bid to bring down street crime.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
“The Islamic Republic of Iran has abolished the Guidance Patrol — commonly referred to as the “morality police” — in response to months of protests that erupted after the death of Mahsa Amini, a 22-year-old girl, allegedly in custody.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
“Transparency International has ranked the Pakistan Army as the most corrupt institution of the country”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
“US President Joe Biden threatened former prime minister Imran Khan with dire consequences and removal from the Prime Minister’s Office “if you don’t refrain from your acts” in a letter with the seal of the Executive Office of the President (EOP) of the United States.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: Doctored
“The Banco Central de la República Argentina (BCRA), or the Central Bank of the Argentine Republic, has or is set to issue banknotes featuring the face of Argentine professional footballer Lionel Messi following the victory of the country’s national team in the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
“A satellite video shows the destruction wrought by the November 2022 earthquake in West Java, Indonesia.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: Misleading
“American actor Morgan Freeman has converted to Islam. He has also said that Qatar’s culture made him “love Islam more”, that he “will spread what happened” to him among his close ones, and that “God gave [him] a vision of the right path”.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
“Four people have converted to Islam after a lecture by Indian Islamic televangelist Dr Zakir Naik during FIFA World Cup 2022 in Qatar.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
“Diaspora Pakistani Sarim Rashid flew out to Pakistan from the UK to cast a vote for PTI in the October 2022 by-elections. He flew in just in time for the elections and flew out three hours later back to the UK.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
“A photo shows slain journalist Arshad Sharif’s family gathered around his coffin to mourn his loss.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: Misleading
“A video of Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan, saying he has done “whatever [he] could do” and urging people to “take up [their] responsibility”, was taken as he gets treated in a hospital after he was attacked during an anti-government rally in Wazirabad.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: Misleading
“A picture shows Pakistan’s former prime minister Imran Khan lying on a stretcher after being wounded in a shooting incident during a rally he was leading towards Islamabad, Punjab, on 3 October 2022.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: Misleading
“A “witch” was filmed hovering in Kidney Hill Park in Karachi, Pakistan and strange noises heard by park officials in the dead of night. The person who shot the video was down with a 104°F fever.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: False
“‘Behind Closed Doors’, a documentary made by filmmakers Michael Oswald and Murtaza Mehdi about Pakistan’s Sharif family, is set to be released on streaming services Netflix and Amazon Prime Video.”
Soch Fact Check rated this: Misleading