Fabricated X Post Of Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif Talking About India's CAA Goes Viral

This post on X was not made by Sharif, this is an edited picture.

Fact-check:A fake post is going viral to claim that Pakistani PM Shehbz Sharif criticized India's CAA recently.

(Photo: The Quint)

A screenshot of a post on X (formerly Twitter) purportedly made by Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is going viral on the internet.

According to the post, Sharif is announcing a Citizenship (Amendment) Act (CAA) in Pakistan in which Indian Muslims "who feel persecuted in India," saying that they would get Pakistani citizenship.

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(Source: X/Screenshot)

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What's the truth?: This screenshot is fabricated.

• Sharif did not post anything about CAA which was implemented on Monday, 11 March.

How did we find out the truth?; We checked Sharif's official X account and did not find any such post.

• His last post was made on 10 March 2023 and the viral screenshot showed the date as 11 March.

• Next, we checked internet archiving website Wayback Machine for records of the post, in case it had been deleted. But it did not show any records of the post's existence.

• We also checked Social Blade to confirm if any post has been deleted from Sharif's account but there was no deletion.

• Neither did we find any reports about Sharif making a remark about granting Pakistani citizenship to Indian Muslims.

Sharif did not delete any posts on X.

(Source: Social Blade/Screenshot)

Conclusion: A fake post is going viral to claim that Pakistani PM Shehbaz Sharif criticised India's CAA recently.

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