A video of a transgender woman<\/span> being dragged to a car and beaten has resurfaced in posts falsely claiming it shows a Pakistani woman being attacked for demanding proof of strikes on India. The clip circulated in a news report weeks before nuclear-armed neighbours India and Pakistan traded tit-for-tat missile and artillery strikes in the worst violence between the rivals in decades.<\/h3>\n“A Pakistani woman asked for proof of the strikes on India. In response, Pakistani men beat her and tore her clothes,” reads a Hindi-language X post<\/a> shared May 14, 2025.<\/p>\nThe video attached to the post, which has more than 760,000 views, appears to show a group of men hitting a woman as they drag her towards a parked vehicle.<\/p>\n\n<\/div>\nScreenshot of the false X post captured May 19, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nThe video circulated days after New Delhi and Islamabad agreed to a ceasefire<\/a>, bringing a halt to four days of intense fighting that left more than 70 people dead on both sides (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\nThe fighting, the worst between the neighbours in decades, came two weeks after an attack that killed 26 people in Indian-administered Kashmir, which New Delhi accused Islamabad of backing.<\/p>\n
Pakistan firmly denied any involvement and called for an independent investigation.<\/p>\n
But the circulating video, which also spread in similar Facebook<\/a> and Instagram<\/a> posts, predates the latest conflict between the arch-rivals.<\/p>\nA reverse image search<\/a> on Google using keyframes<\/a> from the falsely shared video led to the same footage<\/a> posted April 24 by Pakistani news outlet Daily Taas on Facebook (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\nIts Urdu-language caption reads in part: “Influential men in Vehari assaulted a transgender woman, Shahzad alias Shahzadi, and tried to force her into a car after she rejected their advances. They fled after she resisted and screamed, prompting them to open fire. A case was registered at Daniwal police station.”<\/p>\n
Vehari is a town in Pakistan’s Punjab province.<\/p>\n\n![\"<span>Screenshot](\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/w25MAedSWpy6nqnOa9uT4Q--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTEwNjM-\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/afp_factcheck_us_713\/88f685197e7cf38c93820e2d4b27eb0a\"\/)
The video attached to the post, which has more than 760,000 views, appears to show a group of men hitting a woman as they drag her towards a parked vehicle.<\/p>\n Screenshot of the false X post captured May 19, 2025<\/span><\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n The video circulated days after New Delhi and Islamabad agreed to a ceasefire<\/a>, bringing a halt to four days of intense fighting that left more than 70 people dead on both sides (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n The fighting, the worst between the neighbours in decades, came two weeks after an attack that killed 26 people in Indian-administered Kashmir, which New Delhi accused Islamabad of backing.<\/p>\n Pakistan firmly denied any involvement and called for an independent investigation.<\/p>\n But the circulating video, which also spread in similar Facebook<\/a> and Instagram<\/a> posts, predates the latest conflict between the arch-rivals.<\/p>\n A reverse image search<\/a> on Google using keyframes<\/a> from the falsely shared video led to the same footage<\/a> posted April 24 by Pakistani news outlet Daily Taas on Facebook (archived link<\/a>).<\/p>\n Its Urdu-language caption reads in part: “Influential men in Vehari assaulted a transgender woman, Shahzad alias Shahzadi, and tried to force her into a car after she rejected their advances. They fled after she resisted and screamed, prompting them to open fire. A case was registered at Daniwal police station.”<\/p>\n Vehari is a town in Pakistan’s Punjab province.<\/p>\n