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Fact-check: Punjab CM's remarks misrepresented as announcement of free e-bikes for female students (opens the original)
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Neither male nor female students are now required to make a down payment during the three-year financing period. Following a speech by Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on July 16, a video began circulating widely on social media claiming she had announced free electric bikes for female students in the province, while male students would have to pay. The claim is misleading and misrepresents her remarks. On July 17, a Facebook user shared a 30-second video clip of Sharif delivering a spe
Fact-check: No evidence Awais Leghari called for higher gas prices (opens the original)
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Federal Minister for Energy Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari told Geo Fact Check over the phone that the claims circulating online were "fake" Pakistani social media is awash with a graphic attributing comments to Federal Minister for Energy Sardar Awais Ahmed Khan Leghari, in which he allegedly calls for gas prices to be increased so that people use electricity instead. On September 6, a graphic appeared on X (Twitter) allegedly quoting Leghari as saying: “Gas should be made more expensive so th
Fact-check: Fake PTA notice warns against answering calls from specific number (opens the original)
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PTA addressed the circulating notice on its official social media accounts, calling it “false and misleading” and clarifying that no such alert had been issued A notice circulating on social media claims that answering a call from the number, (051) 7080507, could enable fraudsters to steal funds from JazzCash, Easypaisa and other mobile accounts. The document is fake and was not issued by the Pakistan Telecommunication Authority (PTA). On September 3, a user on X, formerly known as Twitter, shar
Fact-check: Punjab's recruitment of retired military personnel to monitor schools is not a new policy (opens the original)
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Under PEF’s policy, 70% of monitoring officers recruited by the foundation are ex-military personnel, while 30% are civilians Social media posts claiming that Punjab has introduced a new policy to recruit retired military personnel to monitor schools are misleading. The Punjab Education Foundation has been hiring retired military personnel as monitoring officers since 2015. On August 29, an account on X shared a graphic featuring a photograph of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif. It carr
Fact-check: Fake notification circulates online claiming four new districts in Punjab (opens the original)
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No new district has been created, and neither the Government of Punjab nor the Board of Revenue has issued any such notification A notification purportedly issued by the Punjab government’s Revenue Department is being widely shared on social media, claiming that four new administrative districts have been created in the province. On August 17, a user on Threads shared an alleged Revenue Department notification dated June 1, 2026, claiming that four new districts had been created: Pattoki, Depalp
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