Three-time prime minister Nawaz had been expected to sweep into power after analysts said he received the backing of the army, which turned against Khan.<\/p>\n
He flew back from years of self-imposed medical exile in London to lead the election campaign after allegedly\u00a0cutting a deal with the military<\/a> that saw his graft convictions dissolve.<\/p>\n However, following the vote, the PML-N and the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) came to a power-sharing agreement<\/a> that was set to return Nawaz’s brother Shehbaz — considered softer and more pliable to military influence — to the premiership, leaving out politicians loyal to jailed Khan despite them winning the most seats.<\/p>\n The same video received more than 6,000 views on TikTok\u00a0here<\/a> and here<\/a>\u00a0after it was shared alongside a similar false claim.<\/p>\n Reverse image searches on Google found this two-minute four-second video from the <\/a>Associated Press (AP)<\/a> published on its YouTube channel on July 21, 2015 (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n It was titled “Opposition leaders announce they will boycott January elections” and included AP’s logo in the top right-hand corner.<\/p>\n According to AP’s description, it shows a meeting of Pakistani opposition leaders held at Sharif’s residence in Lahore on November 29, 2007.<\/p>\n The video in the false social media posts corresponds with the longer clip from its 43-second mark.<\/p>\n Below is a screenshot comparison between the video in the false posts (left) and the AP footage (right) at the 43-second mark:<\/p>\n