Fact check: Old pictures falsely linked to gun attack on Imran Khan
The Hindu
The Hindu found that both the images were from separate incidents, dating back several years.
In the wake of the gun attack on former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan during an anti-government rally in Wazirabad, social media users and some news outlets have been sharing old and misleading pictures of the PTI leader to describe the incident
One such post on Facebook contained two images of Mr. Khan, purportedly taken after the shooting. He is seen lying down in one of the pictures, and is being taken away with blood on his face in the other.
A similar post could be found here.
The pictures were also used by several mainstream news outlets, including WION and Outlook. Some have since deleted them.
Prominent broadcaster Piers Morgan also shared one of these images in a tweet, which has been retweeted over 10,000 times and garnered over 38,000 likes, as of November 4.
The Hindu found that both the images were from separate incidents, dating back several years.
Using a reverse image search, we found that the first picture was of Mr. Khan taking part in a dharna against the then PML-N government led by Nawaz Sharif in 2014. He himself had posted the picture on Twitter.
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