A video purporting to show Barrister Gohar and Maleeha Hashmi kissing on the roof of the Islamabad High Court has gone viral and portrays a man kissing a woman.
Verified accounts on twitter, including @786GHQ shared the video and claimed the same that the video shows Barrister Gohar and Maleeha Hashmi kissing on the roof of the Islamabad High Court. The tweet was made on Feb 19, 2024, which has received an about 261.9k views on X.
یوتھیوں کے چئیرمین کی ویڈیو لیک ہو گئی ہے 🤫👇🏼
— Col (R) Saqib Munir™️ (@786GHQ) February 19, 2024
اسلام آباد ہائیکورٹ کی چھت پر بیرسٹر گوہر اور ملیحہ ہاشمی چما چاٹی کرتے ہوئے ویڈیو ریکارڈ ہو گئی ہے 😘 💋👇🏼
او پیا جے انقلاب تے اسلامی ٹچ 😂 ہُن نیازی نہیں باہر نکلدا 😂 pic.twitter.com/MfePRekp7D
What is the Actual Truth About this Incident? : Fact
The video originates from the Hyderabad High Court in India. The video went viral two weeks ago, but the incident happened almost five months ago. Pakistan is not relevant to this at all.
We visited telugu.abplive.com, which published an article on this incident on Feb 11, 2024 with the headline “Kissing Scene Viral: Magistrate kissing scene on High Court building – video going viral”.
The video was uploaded in Youtube on Feb 12, 2024.
D-Intent’s Fact-Checking Results:
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ANALYSIS: Misleading
FACT: A video that shows a man kissing a woman has been shared, claiming that this video shows Barrister Gohar and Maleeha Hashmi kissing on the roof of the Islamabad High Court.
The fact is that this video is from Hyderabad High Court, India. (1/3) pic.twitter.com/Fq8LjGfGap
Intent:
Influencers are circulating videos from India claiming to be from Pakistan to set their political narrative. A video that shows a man kissing a woman has been shared, claiming that this video shows Barrister Gohar and Maleeha Hashmi kissing on the roof of the Islamabad High Court. Actually, the Hyderabad High Court in India is where this video originates from. Two weeks ago, the video went viral, although the incident happened approximately five months ago. Pakistan has no bearing on it.
Conclusion:
Claim : Videos purporting to show Barrister Gohar and Maleeha Hashmi sharing a kiss on the roof of the Islamabad High Court have gone viral.
Fact : The fact is that this video is from Hyderabad High Court, India. The incident occurred about 5 months ago, but the video went viral two weeks ago. It has nothing to do with Pakistan.