Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member Shandana Gulzar took to X (formerly Twitter) in the early hours of Wednesday to assert that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif met Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Egypt. 

 

Alongside her post, which said, "Article 6 ! Treason ! Pakistan does not recognise Israel let alone a genocidal murderer like Netanyahu or does khoon league have a separate country," Shandana shared a photo of Shehbaz Sharif shaking hands with a man in a large room. 

 

While it's true that Pakistan does not recognise Israel, the rest of the tweet appears to incorrect. The photo, taken on the sidelines of the peace summit in Sharm El Sheikh in Egypt, shows Shehbaz Sharif with Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan. 

 

Many users shared a video in reply that showed the Pakistani Prime Minister talking to the Armenian Premier in a conference hall where they are joined by Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev. 

 

The video was widely spread at the time of the summit, showing Shehbaz Sharif's growing diplomatic clout. 

 

When one X user pointed that out to Shandana, she replied, "Sir, they met in Egypt few months ago. Its not fake." 

 

As of the time of writing this fact check, Shandana Gulzar has not deleted her tweet despite being replied to with the video of the meeting.

 

Shadana later deleted her tweet, saying that the picture was not “100% clear’ and that it was ‘200% clear and proof is available….a meeting was arranged between Shehbaz sharif and Netanyahu”.

She also said she would demand logs from the foreign office.

The alleged meeting could not have taken place in Egypt since Netanyahu did not attend the peace summit in Sharm el Shaikh.