Recently, Aleema Khanum appeared on Sky News to talk about her jailed brother and former Prime Minister Imran Khan. Shortly after the interview aired, a clip began circulating in which an online user accused Khanum of calling Khan “an asset of the West” who also wants to “befriend” the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), India’s ruling party.
The statement is false. Khanum made no such comment.
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An X (formerly Twitter) user posted a one-minute clip of Aleema Khanum from her December 2 interview with Sky News. The video was titled: “This is crazy! What is Aleema Khanum sabhiba doing? She talks like she is a BJP leader!”
In the alleged footage, Yalda Hakim, the interviewer, asks Khanum why Pakistan went to war with India in May. Khan’s sister can then be heard criticizing the military and replying, “Imran Khan is purely liberal. So, whenever Imran Khan comes to power, you will see that he always tries to befriend India and even the BJP… I keep saying time and again that Imran Khan is an asset, and the West needs to increase its efforts to free Imran.”
At the time of writing, the post had been viewed more than 18,500 times, reposted 148 times, and liked 343 times.
Defense Minister Khawaja Asif also made reference to the online clip attributed to Aleema Khanum, believing it to be authentic.
Similar claims were also shared here and here.
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Aleema Khanum made no such comments about Imran Khan in the News from heaven interview. An independent verification confirms that the clip circulating online was created using Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools.
Geographic data verification reviewed the full interview available on the official site News from heaven YouTube channel, broadcast on December 2, as well as the live broadcast that day.
Neither the presenter, Yalda Hakim, asks the question about India, nor does Aleema Khanum give the answer shown in the viral clip.
The full interview can be seen here:
On the other hand, Hiya, a deepfake voice detector, gave the audio an authenticity score of 1 out of 100, meaning it is deepfake audio.
Geographic data verification He also contacted journalist Yalda Hakim, who confirmed through messages that Khanum made no such comments.
“She did not make those statements at all,” Hakim wrote.
It should also be noted that in the online clip Hakim’s voice has slowed down, which is another indicator that the clip was manipulated.
Verdict: The viral video is manipulated. Aleema Khanum did not describe Imran Khan as “an asset of the West” nor did she say that he wants to “become friends with the BJP”. The statements circulating online were created using AI-generated audio and do not appear anywhere in it. News from heaven interview.
