Fact Check: Clip shows video game simulation, not US warplane downed in Iran
- 04-Apr-2026
A widely viewed clip has been claimed to show an American warplane that US media reported had gone down over Iran on April 3, 2026, after Iranian media aired footage of aircraft wreckage. But the video was first posted February 28 — the day US-Israeli strikes on Tehran plunged the Middle East into war — […]
Fact Check: No Pakistani jet shot down in Nangarhar
- 28-Feb-2026
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has rejected claims circulating in sections of Afghan and Indian media alleging that a Pakistani fighter jet was shot down in Nangarhar province and its pilot captured. The claim originated from officials of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan, who asserted that Afghan forces had downed a Pakistani aircraft. […]
Fact-check: No truth to claims of new Rs1,000 note by SBP
- 23-Jul-2025
Pakistan’s central bank, which has sole authority to print currency in the country, has dismissed baseless claims about a new 1,000-rupee note. The circulating visuals do not match existing legal tender and previously appeared in a post about a money design competition. “New currency note 1000-state Bank of Pakistan,” reads the English-language caption to a […]
Fact check: Old explosion video falsely linked to Israeli strikes on Iran
- 15-Jun-2025
An image of a massive smoke cloud billowing from an industrial site circulated across platforms after Israeli airstrikes on June 13, 2025 hit targets across Iran, with social media users claiming the picture showed damage to an oil refinery. But the photo is unrelated, dating back to a fire at a petrochemical plant in November […]
ARY News debunks Indian media reports of attack on Karachi Port
- 09-May-2025
KARACHI: ARY News on Friday debunked the Indian media’s claim of an Indian Navy attack on Karachi port. Though the fake video, actually from a plane crash incident from US– required no fact-check but still ARY News showed live visuals of Karachi port to bring to light the clownery Indian media has resorted to under […]
Fact Check: Is Fawad Alam leaving Pakistan for a new role?
- 09-Aug-2023
Fawad Alam, the experienced test cricketer of Pakistan’s national team, recorded his statement regarding the news circulating about his retirement from international cricket. It is worth mentioning here that yesterday, the news was circulating that the Pakistani test cricketer Fawad Alam is planning to conclude his career and is poised to embrace a fresh role […]
Fact Check: Did Ambanis serve money in place of tissues?
- 03-Apr-2023
A picture showed a dessert item decorated with Rs. 500 notes, instead of tissues emerged on social media claiming to be from a party hosted by the Ambani family, following the grand opening of The Nita Mukesh Ambani Cultural Centre. The photo was posted on Twitter by ‘Ratnish,’ who captioned it, “Ambani ji ke party […]
Did a lady doctor actually drink human blood in Rawalpindi?
- 15-Sep-2022
RAWALPINDI: A report circulated on social media a few days ago that a lady doctor has been caught drinking human blood which turned out to be false, ARY News reported on Thursday. ARY News reached out to the lady doctor’s family to ascertain the facts regarding the rumoured reports being circulated on social media and […]
‘Birdwatch: Twitter expands crowdsourced fact check experiment
- 03-Mar-2022
Twitter is expanding Birdwatch- its crowd-sourced fact-checking program- by making notes on potentially misleading tweets visible to more people on Twitter, the company said in a blog post on Thursday. The social networking site launched the project called Birdwatch last year as a novel experiment that asked Twitter users to identify misleading tweets and write […]
Astronaut floating above Earth: Do you know truth behind this viral photo?
- 16-Jan-2022
A photo of an astronaut’s untethered spacewalk has gone viral on social media which surprised many people who have now started questioning its authenticity. The photo was posted by a Twitter user John Pompliano, captioning it, “Insane picture of astronaut Bruce McCandless II, the first person to conduct an untethered free flight in space.” Insane […]