Fact Check: PTI’s key member Hammad Azhar parted his way with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and joined Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

Claim:

A mainstream media news channel “24 News HD” claimed that PTI’s member Hammad Azhar parted his way with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf and joined Pakistan People’s Party (PPP).

Debunked Source:

https://twitter.com/24NewsHD/status/1678430222876819456

Fact Check:

Inorder to verify the claim we checked official twitter handle of Hammad Azhar @Hammad_Azhar on Twitter.

We found that Hammad Azhar had refuted the claim and termed it as click bait.

Source:

خبر کا پتہ کروایا تو چینل والوں نے کہا کے کوئی انجینیر حماد اظہر تھا جس نے شمولیت حاصل کی تھی۔ خبر کی ہیڈلائین میں اس لئے نہیں واضح کیا کیونکہ کلکس زیادہ ملتے ہیں ایسے۔ pic.twitter.com/qJW5ySYwWt

— Hammad Azhar (@Hammad_Azhar) July 10, 2023

Rating

False Context/Misleading

Conclusion

Our research confirmed that a false claim was made by 24 News for click baiting & to gain fake engagements .

ABCDE Framework-Based Analysis 

Actor	24 News HD (Mainstream Media)
Behavior	24 News claiming PTI’s Key leader Hammad Azhar joined Pakistan Peoples Party
Content	News Headline
Degree	The targeted audience of the post was general public/ PTI supporters. The disinformation was spread on Twitter and Facebook mainly.
Effect	The headline was shared to gain fake engagements & click baiting to increase site traffic.