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By Hazel Gandhi Pakistan-Canadian columnist Tarek Fatah and other social media users are sharing a video of a young boy doing namaz on the road and falsely claiming that the video is from Pakistan. BOOM found that the video is not from Pakistan. The video shows a young boy doing namaz while a security guard tries to persuade him to move. It also shows how other cars on the road are waiting to pass by and are not able to because of the boy, causing a slight traffic jam situation. The video was shared by Tarek Fatah with the caption, "How does one country produce so many rectums? How does Pakist...
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By Archis Chowdhury A video of a man and woman dancing to the song 'Besharam Rang' from Shah Rukh Khan's upcoming film 'Pathaan' is viral on social media with the claim that it shows Pakistan's Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto dancing. BOOM found this claim to be false; the man dancing in the video is Mehroz Baig, a university student in Karachi, and not Bhutto. We reach out to Baig, who confirmed to us that it is indeed him seen in the video. The video was shared on social media by right-wing influencer Tarek Fatah, who wrote, "Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal @BBhuttoZardari doing what he ...
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By Archis Chowdhury Right-wing influencer Tarek Fatah recently revived a seven-year-old video of an execution of a Pakistani military intelligence officer by Pakistani Taliban militants as recent. The video was shared by Fatah in the backdrop of renewed tension between Pakistani army and the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) The disturbing footage, which we have not include in this story, shows an individual with a noose around his neck while draped in the Pakistani flag, and surrounded by masked men. One of the men gives a speech in Pashto, and then proceeds to ...
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By Srijit Das Pakistan-born columnist Tarek Fateh recently shared an old video of two doctors in a heated argument during a surgery in Rajasthan, and falsely claimed that it shows a scene from a hospital in Pakistan. BOOM found that the video shows an incident from 2017 when two doctors were arguing inside an operation theatre in Rajasthan's Umaid Hospital during the surgery of a pregnant woman. Fatah, who lives in Canada and has a huge following among the Indian right wing on Twitter, quote tweeted the video with a caption, "How does one country produce so many rectums? How does Pakistan do i...
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By Hazel Gandhi Tarek Fatah, Pakistani-born Canadian right-wing columnist shared an edited photo of Muslim men being used as a bicycle stand while offering namaz as a real incident. BOOM found that the photo is from Morocco clicked in 2010 and shows the men offering namaz. The bicycles have been edited into the photo to make a claim mocking Muslims. Tarek Fatah shared the photo with the text, "Halal bicycle stand or is it the fear of theft while the momins pray." Fatah, a serial fake news peddler is popular with the Indian right wing for his communally-charged posts. BOOM has fact-checked Fata...
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