Video of family dispute in Pakistan is falsely shared as father tried to rape his own daughter
Claim
A jih@di from Pakistan tries to do wrong to his own daughter, when the girl runs to her mother to save herself, her Jih@di father takes out AK47 to kiII the daughter and her mother.
Rating
Explanation
A video purportedly showing a woman being abused by men is widely circulated on social media platforms. This video is shared to claim that a Muslim (jihadi as mentioned in the posts) from Pakistan tries to do wrong to his daughter, and when the girl runs to her mother to save herself, her father takes out AK47 to kiII the daughter and her mother. This video was shared by right-wing supporting X users Mr Sinha, Prof.N.John Camm and others.
A newspaper clip is also being circulated along with this video. The news piece is titled “Shameless father tried to rape his own daughter in Pakistan!” It also included a screengrab from the viral video. Some of the posts with this newspaper clip can be seen here and here.
What is the truth?
When searching for the text seen in the newspaper clipping using Google Lens, we found no such news published in any media. Then we searched for the text on the right side of the newspaper which displayed multiple results.
We found the same content published on the ‘recital program’ website. This page shows a New York Times newspaper clip dated 11, December 2016 with the same text in it just that the alignment is mismatched with the viral newspaper clip. We also found another archived similar piece dated 2014.
With further search, we found the same text in the same format as seen in the viral newspaper clipping on the Scribd website. This shows ‘hat’ newspaper dated 16, September 2020. We could not verify the date of the essay published but could ascertain that the viral newspaper clipping is fake and might have been created using a newspaper generator.
With further search, we found an X post carrying the same video. The caption is translated as “In South Cantonment domestic dispute, the husband tried to kill his wife with a Kalashnikov, the relatives saved the wife from being killed by the husband. Khurram Shabir can also be seen abusing his daughter.”
Lahore Post Official X account replied to the above post mentioning that South Cantonment Police Station has registered a case with No. 3426/23 on this incident. The post also states that further investigation of the case will be carried out by Investigation Police Lahore.
A Facebook page Duki News posted the same video mentioning it as domestic violence. The caption is roughly translated as “the husband tried to kill his wife by using Kalashnikov on her. Relatives saved his wife from being killed by her husband. Despite this, the police did not take any action. IG Punjab should take full notice.”
With further search, we found news reports on the Pakistani website Express and Aaj.tv website. A man named Khuram Shabbir loaded a Kalashnikov to kill his wife over a quarrel in Lahore. Other family members stopped him and rescued his wife. The woman filed a complaint against her husband, after which the police arrested him in South Cantonment area of Lahore.
Conclusion
It is found that the video of a dispute in a family in Pakistan is shared with false claims that the father is trying to rape his daughter.
