A male from Pakistan’s 3rd biggest city Rawalpindi has actually informed AFP he was misinterpreted for a judge commanding previous Pakistani prime minister Imran Khan‘s unlawful marital relationship case in posts that revealed him tossing cash towards a female dancer. The posts — saw numerous countless times — flowed as Khan and his 3rd partner appealed their convictions from prison.
The video reveals Rawalpindi resident Chaudhry Asad, likewise understood when he carries out as “Papu Patwari”, tossing money towards a lady worn white as she dances in a big hall.
“This is the honourable judge who needs to provide the decision in the iddat case,” checked out an Urdu-language caption along with the video shared on X on Might 29.
The post — saw more than 394,000 times — described a judge commanding Khan’s “unlawful marital relationship” case. Comparable posts were shared throughout TikTok and X.
Khan was handed a seven-year prison sentence for breaking Islamic law by weding his 3rd partner Bushra Bibi prematurely after her divorce.
The conviction centred on an Islamic law referred to as “iddat”, which determines that a widowed or separated female should wait 3 months before remarrying. Khan and his partner have actually submitted appeals versus the decision from jail.
Regional fact-checking organisations Geo Reality Inspect and iVerify unmasked the claim in the incorrect posts, determining the guy as Asad through a series of online searches (archived links here and here).
AFP gotten in touch with Asad by phone, who stated the video footage in the incorrect posts revealed him carrying out at an occasion.
“Yes, the video is of me. It is rather an old video,” he stated.
Keyword and reverse image searches of the video’s keyframes on Google likewise discovered the exact same video footage shared on TikTok on Might 2 by a fan account that utilized a variation of Asad’s phase name (archived link).
The screenshot contrast listed below programs the video in the incorrect posts (left) and the video footage shared by Asad’s fan account (right):
Comparable video footage of the exact same occasion was shared previously on April 27 by the YouTube channel Gill InfoTech (archived link). It reveals the exact same guy with the female dancer however with a broad video camera shot angle.
AFP’s court press reporter Saqib Bashir likewise verified that the guy in the dancing video was not Judge Shahrukh Arjumand, who commanded Khan’s case when the posts were released.
A LinkedIn post shared by Adil Aziz Qazi, the vice chairman of the Islamabad Bar Council (IBC), consisted of a photo of Judge Arjumand (archived link).
Below is a screenshot contrast of the guy in the incorrect posts (left) and the image of Judge Arjumand circled around in red (best):
