Fact-Checking Viral Dawood Ibrahim News Attributed To Pak's Caretaker PM

Reports widely circulated on social media about fugitive gangster Dawood Ibrahim's death have not been confirmed.

Internet was abuzz with the news of the death of Dawood Ibrahim in Karachi. The report, circulated widely on various social media platforms, claimed that the fugitive gangster was rushed to hospital after being poisoned. Some users even posted screenshots of what appeared to be the account of Pakistan's caretaker Prime Minister Anwar ul Haq Kakar, which mentioned that Dawood had died. But the message turned out to be fake, with several fact-checkers clarifying that it was not the account of Mr Kakar and there is no confirmation about Dawood. Social media users are sharing a screenshot of a tweet of the Caretaker PM of Pakistan, where he's writing about the death of Dawood Ibrahim.❌1/3 pic.twitter.com/Y5iBw8cgFD

The viral message said, "The Messiah of humanity, dear to every Pakistani heart, our beloved His Excellency Dawood Ibrahim passed away due to poisoned by unknown. He breathed his last in a hospital in Karachi. May Allah grant him the highest position in Jannat. Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un."

But DFRAC, an independent fact-checking website, said in a post on X that the username in the viral screenshot doesn't match the official account of Mr Kakar.