As PTI workers climbed police obstacles during heavy shelling on Wednesday night to get to D-Chowk in Islamabad on call of their leader is Imran Khan, social media was flooded with minute-by-minute updates of live action, but also with some misinformation.
While the TV shots did show smoke rising from earth and fires in green belts adjacent to Islamabad main roads, reports of metro bus station was set on fire, there were wide of mark.
Report of the alleged arson of the station was set in motion on Twitter from senior journalists Talat Hussein, Amber Rahim Shamsi and Murtaza Ali Shah. trio, in individual tweets, shared frames of a fire combustion at a significant distance and linked it to the alleged burning of metro bus station next to D-Chowk.
BUT first information statement registered at Kohsar police station on Thursday also mentioned that the subway bus station next to Geo Chowk was set on fire.
However fact Check run on Dawn.com correspondent, including personal search of bus station, yes found the statement is not true.
Upon further investigation, it was found what object on fire in the video was not a subway station, but a tree located in green belt behind Parade ground.
Videos shared by the trio of journalists retweeted hundreds of users while they lapped up in information approaches their way, suggesting that his veracity was not in doubt.
In fact, the footage shared by Hussain was collected more over 3500 retweets.
Dawn.com also purchased footage on site today, which showed that the metro bus station was not only standing in once a piece, but was completely intact, contrary to what was said in signatures of video shared on Twitter.
Here are a few more Pictures of metro bus station.
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