Total Stories: 170 Politics: 72 Viral: 78 Health: 15 Sports: 5
Politics
1 Fact-check: No evidence to support politician’s claim of corruption in flood aid to Pakistan (August 31, 2022)
2 Fact-check: Bad weather, not Imran Khan, prevented helicopter rescue of men stranded in Kohistan (September 1, 2022)
3 Fact-check: Dubious human rights organisation promotes Imran Khan’s PTI (September 14, 2022)
4 Fact-check: False posts claim politician illegally hoarded aid for flood victims (September 17, 2022)
5 Fact-check: NAB prosecutor was appointed during PTI’s term, not PM Shehbaz’s (September 22, 2022)
6 Fact-check: Contrary to claims, PM did mention India revoking Kashmir’s special status at UNGA (September 26, 2022)
7 Fact-check: JUI-F politician is not taking back money from flood survivors (September 28, 2022)
8 Fact-check: Journalist’s killing had no link to Imran Khan and his family (September 29, 2022)
9 Fact-Check: Despite claims by Imran Khan, Nawaz, Zardari did condemn drone strikes (October 3, 2022)
https://www.geo.tv/latest/443983-fact-check-despite-claims-by-imran-khan-nawaz-and-zardari-did-condemn-drone-strikes
10 Fact-check: No salaries have been disbursed to PTI MNAs since resignations (October 3, 2022)
https://www.geo.tv/latest/443993-fact-check-no-salaries-have-been-disbursed-to-pti-mnas-since-april
11 Fact-check: CNN article shared by PTI leader is from 2021, not 2022 (October 4, 2022)
https://www.geo.tv/latest/444183-fact-check-cnn-article-shared-by-pti-leader-is-from-2021-not-2022
12 Fact-check: Did ex-PM Imran Khan issue a notification to allot land to Farooq Maneka? (October 6, 2022)
13 Fact-check: Punjab chief minister has appointed 32 political assistants since taking power (October 10, 2022)
14 Fact-check: Photo does not show Lt Gen Faiz Hameed briefing Imran Khan (October 11, 2022)
15 Fact-check: CM Punjab’s claim that no funds were given to flood survivors in Punjab is inaccurate (October 13, 2022)
16 Fact-check: Shireen Mazari shares fake medical report of Senator Azam Swati (October 14, 2022)
17 Fact-check: No agreement yet to release documentary featuring Sharif family on Netflix (October 18,2022)
18 Fact-check: Footage of seized weapons is from PTI’s May 25 Long March (October 31, 2022)
https://www.geo.tv/latest/449583-fact-check-footage-of-seized-weapons-is-from-ptis-may-25-long-march
19 Fact-check: Notification from Islamabad police, barring hotels from hosting PTI, is fake (November 1, 2022)
20 Fact-check: Yes, a college in Sialkot made it mandatory for students to attend Imran Khan’s speech
21 Fact-check: Video of Imran Khan walking to his car at night is old (November 4, 2022)
https://www.geo.tv/latest/450349-fact-check-video-of-imran-khan-walking-to-his-car-at-night-is-old
22 Fact-check: Not bullets but bullet fragments hit Imran Khan, confirms medical report (November 10, 2022)
23 Fact-check: Image of the interior minister in hospital is real (November 12, 2022)
24 Fact-check: Punjab has restored extra perks for former chief ministers (November 15, 2022)
25 Fact-check: It’s true. Law amended to allow private individuals to use KP’s helicopter (November 16, 2022)
26 Fact-check: Imran Khan falsely claims PM consulting Nawaz Sharif is ‘violation of Official Secrets Act (November 23, 2022)
27 Fact-check: Miftah Ismail’s video about NAB is two years old (November 24, 2022)
https://www.geo.tv/latest/454509-fact-check-miftah-ismails-video-about-nab-is-two-years-old
28 Fact-check: Allegations of corruption against Ahsan Iqbal baseless, court finds (November 26, 2022)
29 Fact-check: Punjab has a new Gujrat division and four new districts
(December 14 2022)
30 Fact-check: Google has registered in Pakistan under controversial 2021 social media rules
(December23 2022)
31 Fact-check: Why was Pakistan’s flag not placed behind Bilawal during UNGA meeting?
(December 27 2022)
32 Fact-check: Woman in the photo with Imran Khan is not Indian
(February 20 2023)
https://www.geo.tv/latest/471894-fact-check-woman-in-the-photo-with-imran-khan-is-not-indian
33 Fact-check: Doctor who prepared Zille Shah’s postmortem has not been transferred
(March 27 2023)
34 Fact-check: Contrary to claims, no Afghan national has been arrested by police outside Imran Khan’s house
(March 29 2023)
35 Fact-check: Is the video of the petrol bomb old?
April 06 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/480616-fact-check-is-the-video-of-the-petrol-bomb-old
36 Fact-check: Posts falsely claim Justice Mandokhail is related to PML-N politician
April 08 2023
37 Fact-check: Was Asif Ali Zardari featured in a Netherlands school book?
April 10 2023
38 Fact-check: Posts falsely claim Nawaz Sharif threatened to ‘destroy the country’
April 12 2023
39 Fact-check: How many BMW cars does Maryam Nawaz Sharif own?
April 27 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/484077-fact-check-how-many-bmw-cars-does-maryam-nawaz-sharif-own
40 Fact-check: Is the contempt of parliament bill proposing jail for criticism of the parliament?
May 23 2023
41 Fact-check: How much is the Al-Qadir University land worth today?
May 29 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/489990-fact-check-how-much-is-the-al-qadir-university-land-worth-today
42 Fact-check: How many people have been arrested post May 9 riots?
June 07 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/491585-fact-check-how-many-people-have-been-arrested-post-may-9-riots
43 Fact-check: Will the new Senate salary bill, if made law, add to govt expenses?
June 20 2023
44 Fact-check: Is the pay of an MNA lower than a federal secretary’s?
July 17 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/499854-fact-check-is-the-pay-of-an-mna-lower-than-a-federal-secretarys
45 Fact-check: No, Nawaz Sharif was not disqualified due to Panama Papers
August 22 2023
46 Fact-check: Has a cipher about Imran Khan been leaked?
September 04 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/508292-fact-check-has-a-cipher-about-imran-khan-been-leaked
47 Fact-check: Two ordinances, 76 laws passed during PDM’s tenure
September 13 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/509698-fact-check-two-ordinances-76-laws-passed-during-pdms-tenure
48 Fact-check: Which cases were shut down after NAB amendments?
Sep 16 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/510212-fact-check-which-cases-were-shut-down-after-nab-amendments
49 Punjab government, ECP keep mum on illegal measures in province
September 18, 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/510470-punjab-government-ecp-keep-mum-on-illegal-measures-in-province
50 Fact-check: UN Secretary-General calls Imran Khan’s arrest ‘illegal’?
Aug 15 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/505119-fact-check-un-secretary-general-calls-imran-khans-arrest-illegal
51 Fact-check: Has the Election Commission delisted PTI?
Aug 01 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/502666-fact-check-has-the-election-commission-delisted-pti
52 Fact-check: Were PTI supporters arrested during Hajj in Saudi Arabia?
Jul 25 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/501192-fact-check-were-pti-supporters-arrested-during-hajj-in-saudi-arabia
53 Fact-check: Did Pakistani parliamentarians travel for Hajj using public funds?
Jul 04 2023
54 Fact-check: Is Nawaz Sharif’s BA degree fake?
Jun 23 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/495152-fact-check-is-nawaz-sharifs-ba-degree-fake
55 Fact-check: Has ECP banned international observers from monitoring polls?
Jun 19 2023
56 Fact-check: Geo has not deleted any YouTube videos about Jahangir Tareen
Jun 17 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/493864-geo-has-not-deleted-any-youtube-videos-about-jahangir-tareen
57 ‘A joke’: No evidence survey showing PML-N’s popularity at 70% was even conducted
Jun 02 2023
58 Fact-check: Pakistan defence minister’s claim that Brazil allows citizens to kill robbers is false
May 02 2023
59 Fact-check: Did PTI dissidents vote in the motion of confidence for PM Shehbaz Sharif?
Apr 28 2023
60 Fact-check: Has PTI won 30 out of 37 by-polls since last April?
Apr 14 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/482020-fact-check-has-pti-won-30-out-of-37-by-polls-since-last-april
61 Fact-check: Did Nawaz Sharif’s platelet count drop in jail or NAB’s custody?
Mar 15 2023
62 Fact-check: Photo shows arrested criminals, not PTI workers
Mar 13 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/476097-fact-check-photo-shows-arrested-criminals-not-pti-workers
63 Fact-check: John Abraham did not mention PM Shehbaz on Kapil Sharma’s show
Feb 24 2023
64 Fact-check: Rival’s claim incorrect, PTI did launch projects during term
Feb 22 2023
65 Fact-check: Imran Khan’s claim about journalists arrested during his term is false
Feb 11 2023
66 Fact-check: Petrol, official cars were given to former CM Parvez Elahi’s political assistants
Jan 31 2023
67 Fact-check: No, Putin is not reading Imran Khan’s autobiography
Jan 28 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/467656-fact-check-no-putin-is-not-reading-imran-khans-autobiography
68 Fact-check: How much has the PM’s Flood Relief Fund received in donations?
Jan 25 2023
69 Fact-check: Contrary to claims, Imran Khan did make this statement about Gen Bajwa
Jan 24 2023
70 Fact-check: Documents show Imran Khan did collect Rs4.8bn for flood victims
Jan 21 2023
71 Fact-Check: Five misleading claims by Imran Khan about the JIT
Jan 11 2023
72 Fact-check: Has govt withdrawn the Toshakhana case against Imran Khan?
Jan 04 2023
Viral
1 Fact-check: Social media posts, politicians share incorrect claims about Pakistan’s transgender law
2 Fact-check: Old man criticising PPP and one beaten up are not same (September 30, 2022)
3 Fact-check: Video does not show a lake in Gilgit-Baltistan (October 19, 2022)
https://www.geo.tv/latest/446963-the-footage-is-from-the-lovatnet-lake-in-norway
4 Fact-check: This Twitter account is not of a Kenyan journalist (October 27, 2022)
https://www.geo.tv/latest/448822-fact-check-this-twitter-account-is-not-of-a-kenyan-journalist
5 Fact-check: Woman in viral video is not Arshad Sharif’s mother (October 28, 2022)
6 Fact-check: Government confirms it is considering authorising FIA to act against posts about state institutions (November 2, 2022)
7 Fact-check: Punjab is buying 93 luxury vehicles, including Fortuner SUVs, for bureaucrats (November 7, 2022)
8 Fact-check: Posters requesting army chief to seek extension are fake (November 8, 2022)
9 Fact-check: Neither was Shahzeb Khanzada’s show censored, nor removed from YouTube (November 17, 2022)
10 Fact-check: Notification admonishing officials for skipping rally in support of military is fake (November 18, 2022)
11 Fact-check: Screenshots of WhatsApp conversations between Pakistani journalists, media owners and politicians are fake (November 18, 2022)
12 Fact-check: Govt officials failed to prevent Murree tragedy, court finds (December 7, 2022)
13 Fact-check: No, this is not a picture of the doctor suspended for misbehaving with patients in Punjab (December 8, 2022)
14 Fact-check: Shahzeb Khanzada’s tweet has been digitally altered to misquote finance minister (December 10, 2022)
15 Fact-check: Video of mouse nibbling on cake is not from Balochistan (December 13, 2022)
https://www.geo.tv/latest/458312-fact-check-video-of-mouse-nibbling-on-cake-is-not-from-balochistan
16 Fact-check: How many taxes are being added to your electricity bill in Punjab?
Sep 07 2023
17 Fact-check: Did ECP halt funds for flood-hit areas in Sindh?
Sep 20 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/510841-fact-check-did-ecp-halt-funds-for-flood-hit-areas-in-sindh
18 Fact-check: True. Cops in Punjab suspended for stealing hundreds of motorbikes, rickshaws, cars
Sep 25 2023
19 Fact-Check: Will Pakistan shut down all foreign exchange companies?
Sep 26 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/511709-fact-check-will-pakistan-shut-down-all-foreign-exchange-companies
20 Fact-Check: Online posts falsely claim villages in Chitral are under TTP control
Sep 28 2023
21 Fact-check: Was 400 tonnes of sugar recovered from Ali Gandapur’s warehouse?
Oct 02 2023
22 Fact-check: True. Gunmen of a private housing society thrash cops in Sialkot
Aug 31 2023
23 Fact-check: Incorrect tyre pressure leads to accidents on Pakistan’s motorways?
Aug 28 2023
24 Fact-check: Fake notification shared online about cut in pension of government employees
Aug 26 2023
25 Fact-check: Sindh agriculture department doesn’t collect income tax?
Aug 24 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/506587-fact-check-sindh-agriculture-department-doesnt-collect-income-tax
26 Fact-check: True. Carcasses of animals left to rot at Rahim Yar Khan’s wildlife park
Aug 17 2023
27 Fact-check: True. Farmers will now be fined Rs500,000 for stubble burning in Punjab
Aug 07 2023
28 Fact-check: Punjab’s caretaker govt to buy over 200 new vehicles for officials
Aug 04 2023
29 Fact-check: Have 35,000 children dropped out of schools due to inflation in Quetta?
Jul 31 2023
30 Fact-check: Army (Amendment) Bill 2023 will only apply to serving and retired military officers
Jul 27 2023
31 Fact-check: Punjab censor board cleared Barbie. Then Punjab govt halted screening
Jul 25 2023
32 Fact-check: Mohmand Dam to be completed by 2026-27, not next year
Jul 24 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/501011-fact-check-mohmand-dam-to-be-completed-by-2026-27-not-next-year
33 Fact-check: Australia has not placed a travel ban on Pakistani military officials
Jul 10 2023
34 Fact-check: Is Dr Uzma Khan’s land in Layyah worth Rs6 billion?
Jul 03 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/496958-fact-check-is-dr-uzma-khans-land-in-layyah-worth-rs6-billion
35 Fact-check: Is Pakistan selling its port in Karachi to a UAE company?
Jun 27 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/495949-fact-check-is-pakistan-selling-its-port-in-karachi-to-a-uae-company
36 Fact-check: Is Pakistan’s forest cover the lowest in the world?
Jun 13 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/492864-fact-check-is-pakistans-forest-cover-the-lowest-in-the-world
37 Fact-check: Low enrollment, not funds, led to school shut down at Pakistan high commission in India
Jun 10 2023
38 Fact-check: Are Pakistani authorities monitoring WhatsApp chats under the Army Secret Act?
Jun 07 2023
39 Fact-check: Man accused of stealing peacock has been sentenced to 10 years?
Jun 02 2023
40 Fact-check: Is selling wheat illegal in Punjab?
May 26 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/489428-fact-check-is-selling-wheat-illegal-in-punjab
41 Fact-check: No, M.M. Alam’s jet was not burnt by protesters on May 9
May 20 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/488375-fact-check-no-mm-alams-jet-was-not-burnt-by-protesters-on-may-9
42 Fact-check: Contrary to claims, entering ATM PIN backward won’t alert police
May 16 2023
43 Fact-check: Has Pakistan lifted the ban on import of luxury cars?
May 15 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/487570-fact-check-has-pakistan-lifted-the-ban-on-import-of-luxury-cars
44 Fact-check: Punjab police did not issue warning about missing children hoax
May 11 2023
45 Fact-check: Rs1m spent on ads for Diamer-Bhasha and Mohmand Dam Fund
May 09 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/486352-fact-check-rs1m-spent-on-ads-for-diamer-bhasha-and-mohmand-dam-fund
46 Fact-check: Is sugar, hidden in cement bags, being smuggled into Afghanistan?
May 08 2023
47 Fact-check: Is the gas meter rent up from Rs40 to Rs500?
May 06 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/485865-fact-check-is-the-gas-meter-rent-up-from-rs40-to-rs500
48 Fact-check: Posts falsely claim Pakistan army voted the most corrupt
May 04 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/485454-fact-check-posts-falsely-claim-pakistan-army-voted-the-most-corrupt
49 Fact-check: Does the Ruet-e-Hilal Committee cost the exchequer Rs7 billion?
Apr 18 2023
50 Fact-check: Yes, it’s mandatory for students in Gujranwala to learn about the Pakistan Army
Apr 05 2023
51 Fact-check: What are the salaries, benefits of the Supreme Court judges?
Apr 04 2023
52 Fact-check: Did chairman WAPDA order his picture to be placed next to Pakistan’s founder?
Mar 21 2023
53 Fact-check: It’s true. Apartments for low-income families to be sold to overseas Pakistanis
Mar 21 2023
54 Fact-check: Was a cop suspended for taking a selfie with PTI’s Zartaj Gul, Ali Zaidi?
Mar 17 2023
55 Fact-check: Police ban transgenders in Quetta from public places post-midnight
Mar 08 2023
56 Fact-check: Tax dodgers, absconders cannot tie the knot under Pakistan’s new marriage registration system?
Feb 21 2023
57 Fact-check: Is Punjab lifting the ban on Basant?
Feb 16 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/471235-fact-check-is-punjab-lifting-the-ban-on-basant
58 Fact-check: Yes, Lahore traffic cops collected Rs1.5b in fines in 2022
Feb 14 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/470794-fact-check-yes-lahore-traffic-cops-collected-rs15b-in-fines-in-2022
59 Fact-check: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has had a forensic laboratory since 2018
Feb 09 2023
60 Fact-check: Has Pakistan increased the passport fee to Rs70,000?
Feb 07 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/469522-fact-check-has-pakistan-increased-the-passport-fee-to-rs70000
61 Fact-check: Posts falsely claim Shaukat Khanum Hospital’s posters are being removed
Feb 06 2023
62 Fact-check: Beware of scams. PBS has not launched an online portal for the population census
Feb 04 2023
63 Fact-check: Old video of explosion in Lahore falsely linked to Peshawar attack
Feb 02 2023
64 Fact-check: Man dancing is not Bilawal Bhutto Zardari
Jan 30 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/468093-fact-check-man-dancing-is-not-bilawal-bhutto-zardari
65 Fact-check: Govt hasn’t hiked gas prices by 75% yet. Neither will the amount be collected through back-dated bills.
Jan 27 2023
66 Fact-check: More than 800,000 migrated out of Pakistan in 2022, highest in six years
Jan 14 2023
67 Fact-check: Video shows wheat being smuggled from Pakistan to Afghanistan?
Jan 17 2023
68 Fact-check: Online posts falsely claim Maulana Tariq Jamil’s bank accounts sealed
Jan 19 2023
69 Fact-check: Posts falsely claim railway bogies imported from China are faulty
Jan 11 2023
70 Fact-check: No, prisoner did not become a lawyer while on death row
Jan 09 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/463997-fact-check-no-prisoner-did-not-become-a-lawyer-while-on-death-row
71 Fact-check: Account tweeting in support of Imran Khan is not of a British journalist
Jan 02 2023
72 Fact-check: Photo of Afghan refugee children in lock-up is from Karachi
Jan 01 2023
73 Fact-check: It’s true. Islamabad-Karachi air tickets did soar to Rs80,000
Dec 30 2022
74 Fact-check: Fabricated image of US consul general hunting goes viral
Dec 29 2022
75 Fact-check: No, Lahore police has not arrested men for selling frog meat
Dec 22 2022
76 Fact-check: Claims of men being housed in women hostel in Peshawar are false
Dec 19 2022
77 Fact-check: Judges of Supreme Court receive up to Rs1 million per month in pensions
Mar 01, 2023
78 Fact-check: Beware of fake loan-app available on Google Play Store
Mar 04, 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/474161-fact-check-beware-of-fake-loan-app-available-on-google-play-store
Health
1 Fact-check: Shaukat Khanum Hospital is the second organisation in world to get JCI’s Enterprise Accreditation (October 12, 2022)
2 Fact-check: No, the Sehat Card has not been suspended in Pakistan (October 17, 2022)
https://www.geo.tv/latest/446761-fact-check-no-the-sehat-card-has-not-been-suspended-in-pakistan
3 Fact-check: Is there a shortage of Panadol in Pakistan? (October 22, 2022)
4 Fact-check: Child in Quetta died due to pneumonia not polio vaccine (October 25, 2022)
https://www.geo.tv/latest/448317-fact-check-child-in-quetta-died-due-to-pneumonia-not-polio-vaccine
5 Fact-check: No, papaya leaf juice does not cure dengue (November 22, 2022)
6 Fact-check: New drug can delay Type 1 diabetes, not prevent it (December 1, 2022)
https://www.geo.tv/latest/455787-fact-check-new-drug-can-delay-type-1-diabetes-not-revent-it
7 Fact-check: No, local chestnuts are not a substitute for insulin injections
Jan 26 2023
8 Fact-check: It’s true. Pakistan has cancelled the medical licensing exam for doctors
Feb 27 2023
9 Fact-check: Has Pakistan detected its first case of bird flu?
Mar 06 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/474573-fact-check-has-pakistan-detected-its-first-case-of-bird-flu
10 Fact-check: No, the herb fagonia cannot cure cancer
March 24 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/478236-fact-check-no-the-herb-fagonia-cannot-cure-cancer
11 Fact-check: How many bodies were found on the roof of Multan’s Nishtar Hospital last year?
April 19 2023
12 Fact-check: No, consuming mangoes with soft drinks is not deadly
July 13 2023
https://www.geo.tv/latest/499013-fact-check-no-consuming-mangoes-with-soft-drinks-is-not-deadly
13 Fact-check: Eating large amounts of apricot seeds can cause cyanide poisoning
July 27 2023
14 Fact-check: Work on Shaukat Khanum Hospital in Karachi ongoing, not halted by PDM
August 10 2023
15 Fact-check: Already debunked COVID-19 video goes viral on social media in Pakistan
Jan 06 2023
Sports
1 Fact-check: Nasser Hussain did not accuse umpires of favouring India (October 24, 2022)
2 Fact-check: Fake Shaun Tait Twitter account tweets about flood survivors (December 2, 2022)
3 Fact-check: Spain won the 2022 Polo World Cup, not Pakistan (December 10, 2022)
4 Fact-check: Man claiming to be fastest runner in Pakistan is an imposter
December 16 2022
5 Fact-check: Video of Muslims praying in stadium is from 2019, not FIFA 2022
November 28 2022