A video of an actor impersonating Imran Khan has been misrepresented online as a genuine clip of Pakistan's former leader -- in jail since May 2023 -- visiting farmers in a wheat field during his tenure.
A video of an actor impersonating Imran Khan has been misrepresented online as a genuine clip of Pakistan's former leader -- in jail since May 2023 -- visiting farmers in a wheat field during his tenure. Critics of the ruling coalition government shared the video with the false claim after changes to wheat procurement policies sparked protests in the central province of Punjab.
On April 28 he posted a similar video of himself dressed as Khan -- this time walking in a rock-covered grassy area as shown in the screenshot below: Naeemullah told AFP that the circulating video was filmed in Adina village in northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province.He also shared a screenshot with AFP of analytics of the video from his TikTok profile as shown in the screenshot below:https://www.youtube.
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