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					<title><![CDATA[The Mai Sabahi Fake Killing Report: How Unverified News Spread Across Pakistan’s Media Landscape]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Sep-2026/mai-sabahi-fake-killing-report-unverified-news-spread-across-pakistan-s-media-landscape]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Several leading national and local newspapers, as well as social media outlets, recently reported the alleged killing of Baloch female folk singer Mai Sabahi in a firing incident in Dera Bugti.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Shahmeer Masood]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 05 Sep 2026 16:10:47 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Is Punjab CM Maryam Nawaz Suffering From Throat Cancer?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz&rsquo;s recent visit to Geneva sparked widespread speculation on social media after journalist Mansoor Ali Khan claimed that her trip was not for routine treatment, but due to a cancer diagnosis.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 14:28:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Did Afghan Consulate Officials Not Stand For Pakistan's National Anthem?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Officials from the Afghan Consulate in Pakistan have violated diplomatic decorum during an event in Peshawar on Tuesday.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sat, 21 Sep 2024 15:56:38 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Are Justice Tariq Jahangiri's Degrees Fake?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/02-Sep-2024/are-justice-tariq-jahangiri-s-degrees-fake]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Reports surfaced over the weekend claiming that Islamabad High Court's (IHC) Justice Tariq Mehmood Jahangiri's degrees have been found to be 'fake' and that the issuing varsity has canceled them.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 02 Sep 2024 16:00:28 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact Check: Will Govt Shutdown Social Media Apps on Ashura?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Jul-2024/fact-check-will-govt-shutdown-social-media-apps-on-ashura]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Speculations are all around whether the government will block access to the internet and ban social media apps during Muharram ul Haram or not.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 05 Jul 2024 17:25:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Did Shahid Afridi Endorse ‘Pro-Israel’ Event In Manchester?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistani former cricketer Shahid Khan Afridi was embroiled in controversy after a pro-Israel Instagram account claimed he supported a "Friends of Israel" event in the United Kingdom on Wednesday.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jun 2024 15:45:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Is The Tallest Waterfall In China Fake?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Jun-2024/fact-check-is-the-tallest-waterfall-in-china-fake]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[China's social media landscape has been rocked by a debate over a waterfall, to the point that the water body itself has responded with an explanation.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Sun, 09 Jun 2024 16:42:18 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Is Govt Considering Taxes For Solar Panel Users?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/30-Apr-2024/fact-check-is-govt-considering-taxes-for-solar-panel-users]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has refuted the reports circulating on social media, clarifying that the government is not considering the imposition of any sort of tax on solar panels.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adeel Daniel]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Fact-check]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Adeel Daniel]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2024 17:57:14 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Did The Punjab Govt Buy 2 Air Ambulances?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/25-Apr-2024/did-the-punjab-govt-buy-2-air-ambulances]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The Punjab government recently announced plans to acquire two planes and a helicopter to add an air wing to the provincial emergency response service, Rescue 1122.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tahir Imran Mian]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Fact-check, Main Slider, Features]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Tahir Imran Mian]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 25 Apr 2024 00:17:59 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Did Nawaz Win Or Lose NA-15?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Feb-2024/fact-check-did-nawaz-win-or-lose-na-15]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[In the first major controversial result, a conflict has emerged between the results announced for NA-15 Mansehra, which former prime minister and Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz Supremo Nawaz Sharif was contesting.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Fact-check, Main Slider, Pakistan General Elections, Pakistan General Elections 2024]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 09 Feb 2024 16:41:09 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Did Caretaker Info Minister Murtaza Solangi Meet With MQM Founder Altaf Hussain In London?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/05-Feb-2024/fact-check-did-caretaker-info-minister-murtaza-solangi-meet-with-mqm-founder-altaf-hussain-in-london]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Caretaker Minister for Information and Parliamentary Affairs Murtaza Solangi has issued a rebuttal regarding the Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan&rsquo;s (MQM-P) claim that the minister held a meeting with former Sindh governor Dr.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 05 Feb 2024 16:37:35 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-check: Has Miftah Ismail Joined PTI?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Jan-2024/fact-check-has-miftah-ismail-joined-pti]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[A screenshot of a post has surfaced online ahead of the general election scheduled to be held on February 8, claiming to show a message from former finance minister Miftah Ismail announcing his resignation from the Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) and membership in the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI).]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jan 2024 13:31:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Did PTI's Mehar Waseem Withdraw Candidacy For NA-119 In Favour Of PML-N's Maryam Nawaz?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) on Sunday claimed that a ticket holder for the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) had decided to withdraw from elections in Lahore in favour of the party's senior vice president Maryam Nawaz.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jan 2024 16:33:55 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Did ECP Reject 90% of Nomination Papers Filed By PTI Candidates?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Latif Khosa had alleged that nomination papers from a staggering 90 percent of the party candidates had been rejected; however, the data released by the Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has exposed the reality.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[News Desk]]></dc:creator>
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					<pubDate>Wed, 03 Jan 2024 16:46:05 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Did LEAs Strip Jamshed Dasti’s Wife Naked During Raid?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Former lawmaker and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Jamshed Dasti has accused law enforcement agencies (LEAs) of allegedly raided his residence, stripping his wife naked and manhandling his children.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Tue, 02 Jan 2024 17:14:13 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Will Easypaisa Services Become Unavailable After Dec 31?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Posts are being circulated on social media that Easypaisa services will no longer be available after December 31, 2023, due to the expiration of the lease agreement.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adeel Daniel]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Fact-check]]></category><language>en</language>
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											<author><![CDATA[Adeel Daniel]]></author>
									
					<pubDate>Thu, 21 Dec 2023 16:39:11 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Did Police Arrest Malkoo For Singing The Song ‘Qaeedi # 804’?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/14-Dec-2023/fact-check-did-police-arrest-malkoo-for-singing-the-song-qaeedi-804]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Folk Punjabi singer Malkoo has opened up about rumors of his arrest following the concert in which he sang a song titled 'Qaeedi # 804' (prisoner number 804).]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Thu, 14 Dec 2023 18:51:01 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Did Imran Khan Isolate After Hearing Of Qassem Soleimani’s Assassination?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/09-Nov-2023/fact-check-did-imran-khan-isolate-after-hearing-of-qassem-soleimani-s-assassination]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Former United States (US) president Donald Trump has claimed that former premier Imran Khan secluded himself for a week after learning that the US had assassinated Iranian insurgency commander Qassem Soleimani.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Thu, 09 Nov 2023 15:43:22 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Did Eminent Youtuber Aliza Saher Commit Suicide Following Video Leak?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/26-Oct-2023/fact-check-did-eminent-youtuber-aliza-saher-commit-suicide-following-video-leak]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[The story involving the leaked explicit video of Aliza Sahar, an eminent TikTok star and YouTuber, is just another heartbreaking instance of cyberbullying that surfaced recently.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Thu, 26 Oct 2023 17:02:43 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Did Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Suspend Sehat Card?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/08-Sep-2023/fact-check-did-khyber-pakhtunkhwa-suspend-sehat-card]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Reports emerged on Thursday that the caretaker Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government had suspended the provincial public health insurance scheme, Sehat Insaf Card.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Fri, 08 Sep 2023 02:30:45 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Rs5000 Currency Notes Are Not Being Banned In Country]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Sep-2023/fact-check-rs5000-currency-notes-are-not-being-banned-in-country]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[A notification making the rounds on social media regarding a ban on the use, possession, and circulation of Rs 5,000 currency notes across the country is a fake.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adeel Daniel]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Fact-check, News, Main Slider]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 07 Sep 2023 18:07:20 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Balochistan Sports Minister Jamal Raisani Is Not Son Of Interim PM Kakar]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Jamal Raisani, the youngest caretaker Sports Minister in Balochistan, is neither the son of caretaker Prime Minister Anwar-Ul-Haq Kakar nor does he have any blood relation with him; in fact, both belong to different tribes, Kakar and Raisani.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Mon, 04 Sep 2023 11:45:38 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Did Afghanistan Advise Its Citizens Against Travelling To Pakistan Due to Instability There?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Reports were circulating for the past few days that Afghanistan had issued an advisory warning to its citizens against travelling to Pakistan owing to "large-scale protests and even violence in some instances" as it expressed concerns over political stability inside Pakistan.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sun, 03 Sep 2023 21:19:58 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Was Judge Humayun Dilawar Suspended?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/26-Aug-2023/fact-check-was-judge-humayun-dilawar-suspended]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Conflicting news reports emerged on Friday evening that Additional District and Sessions Judge Humayun Dilawar, who had sentenced former prime minister and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan to three years in jail in the Toshakhana Case, had been transferred from the civil court.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2023 00:59:51 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-check: AsiaPak Investments Does Not Control K-Electric, Original Shareholders Do]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-Jul-2023/fact-check-asiapak-investments-does-not-control-k-electric-original-shareholders-do]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[In recent times, the complex ownership structure of Karachi Electric (KE) has become a subject of intense scrutiny over ongoing proceedings at the Cayman Island Court for full control of the the power utility.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sat, 29 Jul 2023 20:12:46 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-check: Was An Old Temple Destroyed In Karachi?]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/19-Jul-2023/fact-check-was-an-old-temple-destroyed-in-karachi]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Concerns have been raised when a news report appeared in a local paper over the weekend claiming that a 150-year-old temple located in the heart of Karachi had been demolished.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Wed, 19 Jul 2023 00:42:57 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Fake Suicide Note Of Alamgir Tareen Emerges Online To Defame CJP Bandial]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/07-Jul-2023/fact-check-fake-suicide-note-of-alamgir-tareen-emerges-online-to-defame-cjp-bandial]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[In a bid to spread propaganda, a fake suicide note is being circulated on social media soon after news emerged that Alamgir Tareen, the brother of Istehkam Pakistan Party (IPP) Chief Jahangir Tareen, had allegedly shot himself in the head after getting fed up due to prolonged illness.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adeel Daniel]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Fact-check, News]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Fri, 07 Jul 2023 12:53:06 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Najam Sethi Busts Fake News On Returning To TV Screen]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Rumours and speculation that Najam Sethi, who has recently relinquished the charge of chairman of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), would be returning to the TV screen as the centerpiece of a news show have been laid to rest by Sethi himself.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sat, 26 Aug 2023 02:32:19 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-check: No PTI Activist Or Rape Victim In This Picture As Projected]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/29-May-2023/fact-check-no-pti-activist-or-rape-victim-in-this-picture-as-projected-712720]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[An image is doing rounds on social media, and is said to be of a PTI activist or a rape victim, but there is more to it than meets the eye.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Tue, 30 May 2023 01:10:09 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Three PTI UK Officials Disowned By Leadership As Defamation Trial Begins]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[LONDON: A UK High Court Judge has ruled that the words used by three Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) representatives against Murtaza Ali Shah, London-based correspondent for Geo TV and The News, constituted defamation in the definition of common law, and that the reporter was defamed through a campaign.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sun, 30 Apr 2023 06:52:14 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Journalist Shared Clipping From Newspaper Published In 2018 To 'Execute Propaganda' ]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[YouTuber Imran Riaz Khan and several other PTI-backed social media activists have shared a clipping of a newspaper from the year 2018 that reported the news about 21 Pakistan Mulsim League Nawaz (PMLN) candidates who returned the party tickets prior to the last general elections.]]></description>

					<dc:creator><![CDATA[Adeel Daniel]]></dc:creator>
					<category><![CDATA[Citizens' Voice, Fact-check]]></category><language>en</language>
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					<pubDate>Thu, 06 Apr 2023 22:11:19 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Orya Maqbool Jan 'Aghast' At Pakistani Products Reaching Israel. 'This Isn't News']]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/01-Apr-2023/fact-check-orya-maqbool-jan-aghast-at-pakistani-products-reaching-israel-this-isn-t-news]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[TV commentator Orya Maqbool Jan tweeted a news story about a Pakistani-Jewish businessman's products on display in Jerusalem, and appeared to 'congratulate' the incumbent government for apparently moving towards "normalisation" of ties with the Jewish state of Israel.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Sat, 01 Apr 2023 23:23:56 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Orya Maqbool Jan Shares Picture Of Minar-e-Pakistan From 2019 And Blames Caretaker Govt]]></title>
					<link><![CDATA[https://www.thefridaytimes.com/24-Mar-2023/fact-check-orya-maqbool-jan-shares-picture-of-minar-e-pakistan-from-2019-and-blames-caretaker-govt]]></link>
										<description><![CDATA[Aged journalist and TV commentator Orya Maqbool Jan, known for his controversial opinions and ideological slant, recently shared a picture of Lahore's Greater Manto Park, home to the Minar-e-Pakistan national monument, inundated in water.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Fri, 24 Mar 2023 17:21:27 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Online Harassment Based On Doctored Subtitles]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The supporters of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) have initiated a campaign to accuse journalists from Naya Daur TV and The Friday Times of incitement to violence.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Mon, 27 Mar 2023 01:52:32 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Clearing The Air: Fake News Busted Thrice In One Day]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[The information landscape in Pakistan suffers from a deluge of 'fake news' that feeds into the conspiracy-theorist mindset prevalent across vast segments of Pakistani society.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Fri, 17 Mar 2023 02:02:32 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Shahbaz Gill Shares Video Of Paid Actor Claiming She’s A Genuine PTI Supporter]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Political Communication Dr Shahbaz Gill has been caught attempting to falsely present a 'social media paid actor' as a supporter of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) who has been shown defending Prime Minister Imran Khan in two separate videos he shared on social media.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Thu, 17 Mar 2022 15:19:19 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Shireen Mazari Shares Fake Letter Claiming Benazir Bhutto Had Asked US To Stop Assisting Pakistan]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[In a now deleted tweet, Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari shared a fake letter attempting to vilify former prime minister Benazir Bhutto, claiming that she had asked a US diplomat to stop offering assistance to Pakistan.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Mon, 14 Mar 2022 22:03:40 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[PTI Supporters Share False Video Subtitles Claiming Putin Called PM Imran ‘Brave’]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[A video of Russian President Vladimir Putin with false subtitles claiming that he is praising Prime Minister Imran Khan for “resisting Western pressure” to accept his invitation to visit Russia is being circulated by pro-PTI accounts on social media.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2022 15:24:52 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Fact-Check: Misleading Photos, Videos About Russia-Ukraine Crisis Being Shared Online]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Misinformation about the ongoing crisis in Ukraine is rife, with media mainly from India and China circulating old photographs and videos claiming them to be from Ukraine.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Fri, 25 Feb 2022 15:00:10 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA['Fake News': Maryam Nawaz Denies Giving 14 Crore Wedding Present To Son Junaid Safdar]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Pakistan Muslim League-N (PML-N) Vice President Maryam Nawaz has denied claims that she gifted her newlywed son, Junaid Safdar, a Rs.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Fri, 21 Jan 2022 14:48:02 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[Was Illegal Slaughterhouse In Karachi Selling Donkey Meat?]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Following reports of an illegal slaughterhouse in Karachi allegedly selling donkey meat, a police investigation has found that the butchers were handling beef, and not donkey meat as originally suspected.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Thu, 20 Jan 2022 16:26:48 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA[‘Fake News’: Media Organisations Rubbish Fawad Chaudhry’s Claims About Revenue]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry has falsely claimed that media revenues had increased by 600 per cent between 2018 and 2021, a figure top media organisations have refuted as a 'classic example of fake news.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2022 13:38:06 +0500</pubDate>

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					<title><![CDATA['Defence Analyst' Lt Gen (r) Amjad Shoaib Caught Lying About Naya Daur On Live TV]]></title>
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										<description><![CDATA[Former Pakistan Army general Lt Gen (r) Amjad Shoaib, who frequently appears on TV talk shows as a 'defence analyst', issued a factually incorrect statement about Naya Daur Media during a show on News One on Saturday.]]></description>

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					<pubDate>Mon, 13 Dec 2021 23:05:12 +0500</pubDate>

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