Fabricated Letter Shared as Pakistan Recently Confirming Detection of Radiation

There is no evidence yet to support the claim that Pakistan has recently confirmed detection of a radiation.

Fact-Check | The document has been fabricated and is being shared with a false claim.

(Photo: Altered by The Quint)

A document is doing the rounds on social media platforms with a claim that it shows Pakistani government recently confirming that a radiation was detected in its northern part.

What have users said?: Those sharing the document with a caption that said, "Govt of Pakistan confirms a radiation in Northern Pakistan. Reosen is Kirana hills (sic)."

You can view an archive of the post here.

(Source: X (formerly Twitter)/Screenshot)

The above post had garnered over four lakh views on the platform at the time of writing this report. More archives of similar claims can be found here, here, and here.

What is the truth?: The document has been fabricated. As of writing this report on 14 May, there is no evidence to support the claim that Pakistan has recently confirmed detection of a radiation.

How did we find that out?: On going through the document, we found that it was filled with wrongly spelled words and grammatical mistakes.

• One can see some of the mistakes that we spotted in the viral document.

• Further, we noticed that the domain "go.v.pk" is not the usual one that is used by the Pakistani government.

• These evident mistakes clearly pointed towards the possibility of the document being a fabricated one.

The document was filled with grammatical mistakes.

(Source: Viral document/Screenshot/Altered by The Quint)

Lack of evidence: We did not find any news reports or information available in the public domain that supported the claim of a radiation being detected in Pakistan.

• Team WebQoof could not find any information any information about 'Malik Asad Rafique', who was identified as National Radiological Safety Division (NRSD).

• This made it clear that the document had been indeed fabricated.

Conclusion: It is evident that the document about Pakistan confirming detection of a radiation is fake.

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