No, This Is Not a Recent Video of Pakistan Army’s COAS Asim Munir at the LoC

The video dates back to December 2022 and shows Munir visiting the LoC in the Rakhchikri sector in PoK.

An old video of Pakistan's CoAS Asim Munir visiting the Line of Control has gone viral as a recent video amid India and Pakistan's diplomatic tensions.

(Source: X/Altered by The Quint)

A video showing Pakistan army's Chief of Army Staff (CAAS) Asim Munir going around a military establishment is being shared on social media platforms.

The claim: The video is being shared as one which shows "Army Chief Gen Asim Munir visiting LoC in Kashmir to inspect war readiness and boost morale amid rising tensions (sic)."

An archived version of this post can be seen here.

(Source: X/Screenshot)

(Archives of more claims can be seen here, here, and here.)

But...?: The video dates back to 2022 and has no connection to the ongoing diplomatic row between India and Pakistan following the Pahalgam terror attack.

How did we find out the truth?: We carried out a reverse image search using Google Lens on one part of the video.

• This led us to news report by Pakistani media outlet UNewsTV, published in 2022, which carried a longer version of the viral video.

The report was published on 4 December 2022.

(Source: UNewsTV/Screenshot)

• We accessed the video using a VPN, as it was first published on the Pakistan Army's public relations wing's YouTube channel, which was blocked in India at the time of writing this report.

• About 20 seconds into the video, we saw the same visuals that were shared in the viral video.

The video is from3 December 2022.

(Source: YouTube/Screenshot)

• Pakistani news organisation Dunya News, too, reported on Munir's visit, including some visuals from ISPR's video.

Conclusion: A video from 2022 is being shared to falsely claim that it shows Pakistan's COAS Asim Munir recently visiting the Line of Control in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir.

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