Video shows traffic jam on Pakistan Independence Day, not 'Khan supporters heading to rally'

A screenshot taken on September 20th, of the fake message on X

The fake posts surfaced as thousands of Khan supporters gathered in Islamabad's Sangjani neighborhood to support Khan despite attempts by authorities to block major roads leading to the capital (archived link).

The protest, led by the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, was the largest in the capital since the former international cricketer was jailed on multiple charges in 2023, some of which are still before the courts.

Khan insists the charges against him were aimed at preventing him from returning to power.

The same video with a similar false claim has been viewed hundreds of thousands of times here and here on X; and here and here on Facebook.

However, the clip predates the PTI rally by several weeks.

Independence Day Celebrations

A reverse image search of the video's key frames revealed that the same footage was posted to Facebook on August 14, 2024, as Pakistan celebrated its 77th independence anniversary (archived link).

The photo was posted with the caption: “People celebrating Independence Day were stuck in traffic jams for hours due to mismanagement. In other countries, authorities plan ahead for large crowds. Happy Independence Day.”

The video also contained the watermark of local videographer Jamil Khan Akhunzada, who told AFP he filmed it in Chattar Top, a mountainous area about 104 kilometres (64 miles) from Sangjani, on August 14.

Below is a screenshot comparing the fake post (left) and its original Facebook video (right):

A comparison screenshot of the fake post (left) and the Facebook reel (right)

Several buildings in the video can also be seen on satellite imagery of the area on Google Maps, as seen in the screenshot comparison below (archived link):

Comparison of screenshots of buildings in the fake video (left) and in Google Maps satellite imagery (right).

Akhunzada posted the same video to his TikTok account on August 15 (archived link).

AFP has already debunked false claims about the PTI rally in September 2024 here and here.

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