Fact-check: Is PM Shehbaz Sharif’s UN address the most watched on the UN’s YouTube channel?

The government on Monday, shared a picture on the Instagram page ‘govtofpakistan’ which claimed that Prime Minister (PM) Shehbaz Sharif’s United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) speech got more views than any world leader on the official YouTube channel of the UN.

The Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) said that PM Shehbaz Sharif’s speech was watched by 137,000 viewers on the UN’s official channel.

Speaking at a press conference in Islamabad, Federal Minister of Broadcast and Information Attaullah Tarar, while declaring the success of Pakistan’s foreign policy, said, “Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s address was most watched at the UN General Assembly.”

Is this claim true?

On the YouTube channel of the United Nations, Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif’s address has not remained on top in terms of views, rejecting the Pakistan government’s claims of the most-watched premier at the UN.

Shehbaz has 179,000 views on the UN’s official YouTube channel so far since it was uploaded on September 28.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu was watched 212,000 times and remains on top in terms of views on YouTube.

The President of the United States (US), Joe Biden, has a total of 110,000 views so far, since it was uploaded on September 22.

President of Iran, Masoud Pezeshkian’s address has 152,000 views on the UN’s YouTube official channel.

Furthermore, the address of the President of Palestine, Mahmoud Abbas, has 58,000 views.

At the time the claim was made, Netanyahu had more views than Shehbaz on the UN’s YouTube channel. Journalist Mansoor Ali Khan also revealed this information on his YouTube channel.