Fact-check: Viral video claiming to show Punjab's information minister proven false, a case of digital manipulation
The woman in the viral video is not the provincial information minister. Her image has been digitally manipulated and superimposed onto that of another woman
Updated Friday Jul 26 2024
Online users are circulating screenshots from a video, claiming it depicts Punjab’s Information Minister Azma Zahid Bokhari with an unidentified man.
This claim is unfounded. The minister’s image has been superimposed onto that of another woman.
Claim
On July 24, a user on X (Twitter) posted two still images from a video allegedly showing Bokhari.
“Who hasn’t seen Azma Bokhari’s leaked video yet?” the user captioned.
At the time of writing, the post has been shared 1,700 times and liked 7,600 times. It has garnered 549,700 views.
“Azma Bokhari’s video has been leaked,” another X user wrote. “She preaches but look at her actions.”
This post has accumulated over 73,900 views to date.
Similar claims have also proliferated on YouTube here, here and here.
Fact
The woman in the viral video is not the provincial information minister. Her image has been digitally manipulated and superimposed onto that of another woman.
Through its investigation, utilising reverse image search engines, Geo Fact-Check discovered that the viral video is three years old and was originally uploaded on a pornographic website.
The woman in the original video bears no resemblance to Bokhari.
Note: Geo Fact Check will not upload screenshots or images from the actual video to protect the identity of the woman involved, as it is unclear if the video was uploaded online with her consent.
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