Pak Minister & Social Media Users Quote Fake Newspaper Clipping Praising PAF

A fake newspaper clipping praising PAF is going viral as real.

(Photo: The Quint)

A newspaper clipping with a headline 'Pakistan Air Force: The Undisputed King of the Skies' is going viral while users are attributing it to The Daily Telegraph.

This claim is being shared social media users from Pakistan following Operation Sindoor.

An archive can be seen here.

(Source: X/Screenshot)

• Pakistan Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Ishaq Dar also referred to this viral image in an address in the senate on 15 May 2025.

• This was streamed live on PTV Parliament and can be heard at 1:37:38 timestamp.

An archive can be seen here.

(Surce: YT/Screenshot)

(Archives of similar claims can be seen here and here.)

What's the truth?: This newspaper clipping is fake and is being falsely shared as real.

How did we find out the truth?: We found several inconsistencies in the viral clipping including multiple spelling errors and indecipherable words. These have been highlighted below: 

(Source: Altered by The Quint)

• The masthead seen in the viral image matches with the The Daily Telegraph, based in the United Kingdom, however, none of the other placement is the same.

• Moreover, we could not find any such article on their website.

(Source: Altered by The Quint)

We also found that the Union government’s press information bureau (PIB) had dismissed this claims and called the image fabricated.

Pakistani newspaper Dawn also shared a report calling the image inauthentic.

Conclusion: A fake newspaper clipping attributing 'The Daily Telegraph' claiming that it is praising PAF is going viral as real.

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