Former Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan’s Twitter Space session on night between Wednesday and Thursday broke records with 165K people listening to it at one point. Right after the session, a screenshot started making rounds on social media claiming that Pakistan Muslim League- Nawaz (PML-N) Vice-President Maryam Nawaz also attended the session.
The screenshot was also shared by former Deputy National Assembly (NA) Qasim Suri.
چھپ چھپ کھڑے ہو ضرور کوئی بات ہے#PakistanNeedsElection
— Qasim Khan Suri (@QasimKhanSuri) April 20, 2022
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The news left some social media users surprised while majority questioned the authenticity of the screenshot.
Earlier today, Fact-Check Pakistan declared the screenshot as fake. They shared the update on Twitter, saying: “Following former PM Imran Khan’s Twitter space some accounts of PTI supporters circulated a screenshot showing PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz as one of the listeners – this screenshot is doctored/fake – Ms Nawaz did not attend, a source in her staff confirmed to @PakistanCheck”.
Following former PM Imran Khan’s Twitter space some accounts of PTI supporters circulated a screenshot showing the PML-N’s Maryam Nawaz as one of the listeners – this screenshot is doctored/fake – Ms Nawaz did not attend, a source in her staff confirmed to @PakistanCheck pic.twitter.com/KcmdfIhGq1
— FactCheckPakistan (@PakistanCheck) April 21, 2022
Before this, Maryam’s Political Secretary Zeeshan Malik, in a tweet, clarified that the screenshot was “fake”.
— Zeeshan Malik (@ZeshanMalick) April 20, 2022