An online publication states that Asad Qaiser, a senior leader of Pakistan Tehreek-E-Insaf (PTI), said during a press talk that the judge of the Supreme Court Athar Minallah will join PTI and will be the name of his party for the Senate after the judge retired.
This statement is false. The politician made none of the statements.
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On September 5, a user on X (previously Twitter) shared a 40 -second video of PTI qaiser leader speaking in Islamabad.
The user subtitled the video: “Judge Athar Minallah is a senior leader of our party. What Athar Minallah said was delivered to the founder of the Imran Khan party by Aleema Khan. Athar Minallah will become our senator after retirement, reveals Asad Qaiser.”
The clip has been seen more than 39,000 times and has published again almost 500 times.
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Geographic data verification He reviewed the entire press conference held by PTI on September 5 outside the main building of the National Assembly in Islamabad. Qaiser did not make such a statement about the Judge of the Supreme Court.
The only time he mentioned Justice Minallah was when he said:
“Yesterday, Judge Athar Minallah delivered a speech at the Karachi Bar Association, where he adopted a brave position and specifically declared that this hybrid system is another name for the dictatorship. We support their position and we hope that the judges of the Supreme Court and all the judges of the Superior Court meet Judge Athar Minallah.”
Nowhere in his comments he said that Justice Minallah would become a senator after retirement or that he is part of PTI. Even the clip attached to the online publication does not show Qaiser making the claim written in the title.
Verdict: The statement that Qaiser said that the judge of the Supreme Court Minallah would join PTI and would be nominated for the Senate after retirement is false. A review of the Qaiser complete press interview programs that only referred to Justice Minallah’s speech at the Karachi Bar Association and expressed its support for its position.
