Author: abdullah_mamoon

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

    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.

     

  • Is the viral video of Justice Qazi Faez Isa at Crusteez Donuts old?

    Is the viral video of Justice Qazi Faez Isa at Crusteez Donuts old?

    As Chief Justice of Pakistan (CJP) Qazi Faez Isa comes close ro retirement on October 25, 2024, a video has begun circulating on social media, showing an employee of Crusteez Donuts filming the top judge without his consent at Blue Area Islamabad.

     

    The person recording can be heard being rude to Qazi Faez Isa.

     

     

    The video was reportedly shot in August, after the Mubarak Sani case ruling, but it appeared on social media yesterday after the first tweet by journalist Ehtesham Ali Abbasi, a BOL NEWS-associated crime reporter.

     

    He allegedly claimed that the boy who shot the video, along with his family, had been kidnapped after the incident.

     

    He further alleged that on Isa’s order, many branches of this particular bakery were sealed, which is a false claim.

     

     

    A number of visitors can be seen in a video enjoying donuts at the shop.

     

     

     

    However, on September 11, Deputy Commissioner (DC) Islamabad sealed a Crusteez Donut branch after larvae was found at the premises.

     

     

    Journalist Waseem Abbasi clarified, “This branch was never sealed. The owner confirmed it, and the other branch was sealed only because of Dengue larvae.”

     

    Another journalist, Ali Hamza of The News, declared that the video was old.

     

    On X (formerly Twitter), he said, “The video is from last month after Mubarak Sani case judgement.”

     

     

    Senior journalist Mansoor Ali Khan stated on his YouTube channel that when the incident occurred, some journalists mentioned that a well-known figure had been misbehaved with but did not disclose his name.

     

    Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Chaudhary Fawad Hussain tweeted, “He (video maker) belongs to an extremist group and has a license to humiliate even CJP and evade Law; this is the State we have built in 76 years… sad, very sad.”

     

    He further wrote, “CJP was embarrassed by an extremist while he was with his wife, I have hundreds of reasons to disagree with CJP, but I must condemn such extremism.

     

    The propagation of such disinformation raises serious concerns about extremism in a country where the incumbent Chief Justice of Pakistan is not even safe in public and can be labelled a non-Muslim simply because of his verdict on minority rights.

     

    Meanwhile, Crusteez Donut clarified that the employee’s actions do not reflect company values.