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Mar 4, 2022 • 7 tweets • 6 min read
#FakeNews alert!!!⚠️
#FactCheck: No, #Russian president #VladimirPutin didn't praised PM Imran Khan and announced to sign an Oil pipeline deal.

We did a fact check and found the subtitles to be edited on a video by Guardian news

Thread.
#UkraineRussianWar #russianinvasion Claim: Russian President Vladimir Putin in a press conference praised PM Imran Khan & will sign a major oil pipeline deal”.

Fact: Vladimir Putin did not announced to visit Pakistan to sign an oil pipeline deal. The subtitles have been edited to praise current government.
Mar 4, 2022 • 7 tweets • 7 min read
#FakeNews alert!!!⚠️
#FactCheck: Misleading image linked to 2019 Pakistan's #OperationSwiftRetort.

We did a fact check on the image linked on some online posts and found it to be from 2015.

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#UkraineRussianWar #India #Pakistan Claim: A photo of an Indian fighter jet is claimed as aftermath of #OperationSwiftRetort.

Fact: The image of crashed jet is actually from 2015 where an Indian trainer jet crashed in Odisha state on June 3, 2015.
Mar 4, 2022 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
#FakeNews alert!!!⚠️
#FactCheck: Old photo of burning rickshaw posted with false claims.

We did a fact check on the claims and found the image posted in 2018 and since then it has been used several times with false claims.

Thread. Claim: A rickshaw of a poor laborer was burned during a protest march by The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).

Fact: The image being circulated is from 2018. As per @ARYNEWSOFFICIAL - protests by religious parties over the acquittal of Aasia Bibi in a blasphemy case
@PTIofficial
Mar 3, 2022 • 6 tweets • 4 min read
⚠️#FakeNews alert!!!
#FactCheck: Old pictures from 2005 earthquake peddled as from #BalakotAirStrike.

We did a fact check on the circulating image traced them back to 2005 where an #earthquake hit #BalakotAirStrike.

Thread. Claim: Several tweeteratis shared images where people can be seen burying dead bodies. Handles claim those images from Balakot attack.

Fact: The images are scenes from an earthquake that hit #Kashmir in 2005 where several lost their lives.
Mar 2, 2022 • 7 tweets • 5 min read
⚠️Fake news alert!!!
#FactCheck: Irrelevant images passed as from #BalakotAirStrike.

We did a fact check on the claimed images and found those images on stock image hosting websites having no connection with any "Air Strike".

Thread Claim: A collage of broken trees is claimed to be from Balakot and alleged #IndianAirForce for destroying them.

Fact: The images being shared have no connection with any Air Strike. The images are old and are present on stock images hosting websites.