Old image from Pakistan shared as condition of school in India - Alt News
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23rd July 2020 / 2:50 pm
Several social media users have shared an image of school children sitting on mud. It’s claimed that the image is from India.
Twitter user @shaista04444 posted the viral image. It has over 300 retweets. (archived link)
दुनिया की सबसे ऊंची मूर्ति वाले देश के स्कूलों की दशा देखें,
क्या 135 करोड़ लोगो…???
आपमें इस सच्चाई को साझा करने का साहस है…
दो दो कौड़ी के नेता सौ सौ करोड़ में बिकते हैं😕औऱ इनको जितवाने वाली जनता को मिलता हैं 5 Kg गेहुँ औऱ 1 Kg चना😠वो भी लाईन में लग के🤗 pic.twitter.com/1V5LA9N5E7
— ❤⃝🇸hͪaⷶiͥsᷤtͭaⷶ ❤⃝ 🇦aⷶfᷫrͬeͤeͤnᷡ (@shaista04444) July 20, 2020
The image is circulated on social media along with Hindi text, “Look at the condition of schools in the country with the world’s tallest statue.”
[Complete message: दुनिया की सबसे ऊंची मूर्ति वाले देश के स्कूलों की दशा देखें, जरा गौर से देखो इन बालको को, जब सरकार ही इनसे सुविधाये छिन रही हैं तो इन्का भविष्य कैसें बनेगा!! खुद तो सरकार मे अनपढ लोग बैठे हैं और आने वाली पिढी को भी अनपढ बनाने पर तुली हैं. आपमें इस सच्चाई को साझा करने का साहस है??]
Alt News performed a reverse image search on Google and found that the image was tweeted by Imran Lashari, who works at Ministry of Foreign Affair, Islamabad in Pakistan as per his Twitter bio. He had tweeted the image in 2017 tagging Islamabad-based reporter Rauf Klasra. Lashari wrote, “Government girls primary school wara sehraan tehsil karor district Layyah southpunjab whats your remarks about punjab Government. @KlasraRauf”
Government girls primary school wara sehraan tehsil karor district Layyah southpunjab whats your remarks about punjab Government.@KlasraRauf pic.twitter.com/27M8U6IwJp
— Imran Lashari (@imrancfa) January 27, 2017
Taking this as a clue, a further search led us to an article from 2015 published in Pakistan-based Siasat. As per the website, this school is in Pakistan’s Punjab.
We also found that a Pakistani Twitter user had posted the viral image in 2015. In his tweet, he had tagged Sheikh Rashid Ahmad, federal minister for railways and chief of Awami Muslim League.
میان صاحب تیس سال سے پنجاب پر حکومت کر رھے ھین
اور بچیان تعلیم میٹرو بس پر بیٹھ کر حاصل کر رھی ھین @ShkhRasheed pic.twitter.com/ugiiPlHzyn
— SKY KINGS (@SKYKINGPK) June 10, 2015
The viral image was earlier fact-checked by Fact Crescendo in February.
🙏 Blessed to have worked as a fact-checking journalist from November 2019 to February 2023.
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