Viral image of toilet stalls with Punjab CM Maryam’s portraits

Rating Justification

The iVerify Pakistan team reviewed this content and determined that it is false.

To reach this conclusion, iVerify Pakistan analysed the image critically as well as used image manipulation tools to detect any tampering.

Posts from PTI supporters since September 11, 2025, were sharing an image on social media platform X, claiming to show portraits of Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on toilet doors. However, the viral image is fake.

The chief minister has faced criticism from PTI supporters for images of her adorning relief goods amid the 2025 floods in Punjab. On September 2, a photo showing her portrait displayed on a mosque in Mandi Bahauddin went viral on social media. The chief minister took strict notice of the incident and sought an explanation from the deputy commissioner.

HOW IT STARTED

On Sept 11, an X user, who appeared to be a PTI supporter based on her past posts, shared an image on X claiming to show portraits of CM Maryam displayed on toilet doors.

The caption of the post read: “One reaches the washroom and forgets the main reason I came here in the first place. They call this vision.”

The post was viewed over 41,000 times.

A similar claim was later shared by PTI leader Shahbaz Gill, whose post garnered over 24,000 views.

The post was later deleted.

The same image was shared by other PTI supporters as well as can be seen here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here, collectively gaining over more than 54,000 views.

Notably, none of the posts shared further contextual information about when and where the image was from.

METHODOLOGY

A fact-check was initiated to determine the veracity of the claim due to its virality and keen public interest in CM Maryam’s performance.

Checking the image through verification tools shows signs of tampering and manipulation. Forensically detected errors in the image, while FotoForensics also flagged signs of tampering with both showing that the chief minister’s portrait stood out in stark white contrast to the area of the doors around it.

A closer visual assessment further highlights several discrepancies. Although four restroom doors are visible, portraits appear on only three of them, and the three doors with the chief minister’s image are white, while the fourth is a different colour, an inconsistency unlikely in real settings where stall doors are usually uniform.

The door knobs also appear mismatched in their positioning, and the spacing between the doors is uneven, with the first two having a wider gap compared to the others, which is unnatural as partitions are typically evenly aligned.

Another major inconsistency is visible on the third door, which is the only one that shows a partition between the toilet stalls.

Furthermore, the edge of the ceiling does not continue into the space observed above the third stall and it shows no corner edge of the ceiling. Similarly, the three stalls on the left do not show the back edge of the ceiling and there seems to be no back wall to the stalls that meets the ceiling.

The image can be compared with actual stock images of toilet stalls that accurately show what they should look like, with the side and back walls showing in the space above them as they meet the ceiling.

The discrepancies in the overall geometry, alignment, and shape of the wall and ceiling indicate that it is not a real image of toilet stalls.

FACT-CHECK STATUS: FALSE

The claim that a viral image showing portraits of CM Maryam displayed on toilet stalls is false.

The image is fake and does not appear how a real image of toilet stalls should.

Evidence and References