Video shows PTI marching in Italy instead of visiting Pakistan Army Chief in the UK
back General Said Asim Munier Visited the UK in February 2025 and shared a video in a social media post that falsely claimed it protested to him in London. Although demonstrations were conducted against Pakistani military chiefs during their trip to the British capital, The video actually shows In November 2024, a protest held by the Pakistani Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) party, imprisoned by former Prime Minister Imran Khan, was held in November 2024.
The video shows a group of people with PTI flags walking along the road, released on February 20, 2025.
“Pakistans protested against Asim Munir’s visit to London. Pakistanis around the world have a lot of anger at the ongoing human rights violations in Pakistan,” the video’s Urdu subtitles occupy more than 131,000 video titles.
General Syed Asim Munir is the military chief of Pakistan, a position long considered the true power of the nuclear-armed Islamic state with 250 million people.
video When Munir finished his visit to the UK, he attended the 7th Regional Stability Conference at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst (a link to archive).
Screenshot of False X Post, captured on April 7, 2025
The video was also shared as the popularity of former Prime Minister Imran Khan continues to undermine the shaky coalition government, which maintained his PTI party’s power in the election in February 2024 (a link to archive).
Khan, who was ousted in 2022 and has been sentenced to jail since August 2023, was banned from participating in the polls and his PTI party was hampered by widespread repression.
Despite this, candidates loyal to Khan won more seats than any other party, but the coalition led by two former rival parties was considered an allies of the military, keeping them out (a link to archive).
The video was also shared in a similar post, claiming that it shows protests in London here and here on Facebook.
When London-based PTI supporters held protests during Munir’s visit, the clips circulating online showed a different demonstration held in Italy a few months ago (archived here and here).
Brescia's PTI protest
Reverse image and keyword search resulted in the same video posted by PTI Punjab Chapter (archive link) on Facebook on November 25, 2024.
Its description reads: “The PTI in Italy has held a huge protest in Brescia, with Pakistan from all over Italy (sic) joining in support of Imran Khan and expressing opposition to Pakistan's worst human rights violations.”
Screenshots compare error shared videos (left) and videos for November 2024 (right)
At that time, a convoy of Khan's supporters marched in Islamabad, protesting his imprisonment after a fatal confrontation between the parade and security forces (the link to archive).
Pakistani overseas Pakistanis also responded to calls for protests in dozens of countries, including Italy, according to PTI (a link for archive).
The error shared material matches the Google Street View image of Cefalonia (Archive Link) in Brescia.
Screenshot Comparing Brescia (right) error shared video (left) and Google Street View images
Pakistani fact check organization Soch Fact Check also debunked false claims (archive link).
