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This Pakistani doctor was wounded by a police officer after he was denied sleeping medication, police say

Published on 3 July 2020 at 10:20

Two photos have been shared thousands of times in multiple posts on Facebook alongside a claim they show a Pakistani doctor who was attacked by the family of a heart patient who died after being misdiagnosed with COVID-19. The claim is misleading; the doctor was wounded at a Karachi hospital by a police officer after he was denied sleeping medications, according to police and the hospital.

Yasir Shah did not die in the Pakistan International Airlines plane crash in May 2020

Published on 1 July 2020 at 03:30

Multiple posts on Facebook and Twitter claim that Pakistani cricketer Yasir Shah died in a plane crash in Karachi in May 2020. The claim is false; a search of the passenger list for the Pakistan International Airlines plane that crashed in Karachi on May 22, 2020 did not find Shah's name; as of June 2020, posts on Shah's official social media accounts indicated he was alive; the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) announced on June 12, 2020 that Shah would participate in the team’s England tour.

This video shows the aftermath of a bus accident in India in October 2019

Published on 26 June 2020 at 05:15

A video viewed hundreds of thousands of times on Facebook and Twitter claims to show a group of Indian soldiers who were wounded by Chinese troops in June 2020, when the two countries were embroiled in renewed border dispute. The claim is false; the video was published in October 2019 in news reports about a bus accident in Meghalaya, India.

Pakistan cricketer Mohammad Irfan confirms he is alive after death hoax circulates

Published on 23 June 2020 at 10:00

Multiple posts shared repeatedly on Facebook and Twitter in June 2020 claim that famed Pakistani cricket player Mohammad Irfan has died. The claim is false; Irfan confirmed he is alive and urged social media users to stop spreading "baseless fake news".

This video shows patients who were evacuated from a hospital in Pakistan after a fire broke out

Published on 22 June 2020 at 04:45

A video showing people in hospital beds on a street has been viewed thousands of times on Facebook alongside a claim it shows coronavirus patients who were moved outside a hospital in Pakistan because of an overflow of patients. The claim is false; the video in fact shows patients who were evacuated from a hospital in the Pakistani city of Lahore after a fire broke out.