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At the time when this video was shot, Khan was still PM and Asim Munir was not the Army Chief.
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India Today Fact Check
Both clips are from a time when Imran Khan was the Prime Minister of Pakistan. Munir was not Army Chief at the time.
Earlier this month, Pakistan's former Prime Minister Imran Khan was arrested by authorities outside the Islamabad High Court. The country’s apex court later ruled his arrest "illegal," and he was granted blanket bail in all cases for two weeks.
Amid the political chaos in the country, a video showing the plight of people in an allegedly “fascist” Pakistan has gone viral. Those sharing the video claimed that woman in the video was recounting the abuse she endured at the hands of the Pakistani police under the country's new Army Chief, Asim Munir.
The viral video consists of two clips. The first shows a woman being attacked by a police officer, while the second clip features a woman narrating her alleged abuse by the Pakistani police. The archived version of one such post can be seen here.
India Today's investigation found that both clips in the video are from a time when Imran Khan was Prime Minister. Munir was not the Army Chief at the time.
Khan was ousted as PM on April 10, 2022, after losing the support of coalition allies. In a no-confidence motion that required 172 votes in the 342-seat Parliament, 174 members voted against Khan. General Qamar Javed Bajwa was the Army Chief of Pakistan at the time.
While Khan's party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf, claimed that the army played a part in his ouster, the army denied any involvement. General Asim Munir assumed charge as Pakistan's new Army Chief on November 29, 2022.
Now, let’s examine when the viral clips were shot.
Video of cop manhandling woman
The first clip in the viral video shows a police officer dragging a woman by her hair. Through a reverse search, we found screenshots from the same video in multiple media reports published in April 2021.
According to these reports, the video was from the Chunian area of the Kasur district in Pakistan's Punjab province. Reportedly, Kasur Police Sub-Inspector Jameel Khan entered a woman's house and tortured her based on a complaint filed by her husband, who alleged that she was illegally staying at his place. The reports added that the police officer who attacked the woman was suspended by the Punjab police.
Several social media accounts from Pakistan also shared this video in April 2021.
On April 6, 2021, the Punjab police tweeted that the police officer who assaulted the woman was suspended.
Woman narrating her ordeal
The second video featuring a young woman making serious allegations against the Pakistani police, including a woman Station Head Officer, was shared by multiple media organisations, including Geo TV in February 2022.
According to these reports, the woman was accused of fatally poisoning her husband. She reportedly recorded the viral video before being transferred to jail after her remand period was over. The report quoted the then Additional Inspector General of Karachi, Ghulam Nabi Memon, stating that an investigation was initiated regarding the woman's allegations.
The video was also shared by social media users, including Pakistani journalists, in February 2022.
Hence, it is clear that both clips seen in the viral video predate Khan’s ouster from the Prime Minister’s office in April 2022.
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