CLAIM
Viral video of Pakistani security personnel assaulting woman
RATING JUSTIFICATION
The iVerify Pakistan team investigated this content and determined that it is misleading.
To reach this conclusion, iVerify Pakistan conducted a reverse image search to trace the video and a keyword search to review credible reports on it.
Multiple users on social media platforms X and Facebook were sharing a video on July 8, 2026, showing armed personnel assaulting a woman, with some claiming the security officials were from the Pakistan Army, while others alleged this treatment was being meted out towards the women of Azad Jammu and Kashmir. However, the clip is old from July 2025 and shows an incident involving the Punjab Police.
HOW IT STARTED
On July 8, an X user, who appears to be a PTI supporter from past posts, shared a video showing a man in a police uniform slapping a woman multiple times. Three other individuals in the same uniform, armed with weapons, can also be seen in the clip.
The caption of the post reads: “If anyone asks, say that Asim Munir came, and this was the vision of the Pakistan Armed Forces.” It racked up about 100,000 views.
The same video was also shared by another X account, which has a history of posting propaganda content, with the same caption. The post gained 13,000 views.
Columnist and anchorperson Moeed Pirzada also shared the clip on X with the caption: “Where has this barbarity been?” His post accumulated over 40,000 views.
The video, along with similar captions, was subsequently shared by several other users on X, as can be seen here, here, here, here, here, here, here and here, with some claiming that it showed rough treatment of women in AJK.
The clip was also shared on Facebook, as can be seen here, here, and here.
METHODOLOGY
A fact-check was initiated to assess the veracity of the claim due to its virality and keen public interest in instances of abuse and overreach in violence by state authorities.
A reverse image search yielded a Facebook post by Express News dated August 8, 2025, with the caption: “Brutal assault on a woman by a police officer in Pakpattan! Punjab Police’s conduct raises serious questions; video goes viral, sparking fierce criticism; chief minister takes action.”
According to the report, the incident took place in the Saddar town of PakPattan on July 12, 2025. It stated that the assistant sub-inspector posted at Chowki Farid Town, Malik Ijaz, went to the woman’s house to get it vacated. He was also accompanied by a female police officer.
The video of the assault was recorded by a neighbour and uploaded to social media a month later, the report added.
The search also yielded a video report by Urdu Point, a Urdu language news website, posted on TikTok on August 8, 2025. It featured an interview with the woman who was assaulted.
Recounting the incident, she said that the police officers entered her house from the roof. “They dragged me by my hair, beat me up, and threatened me,” she said, adding that she was at home with her two children at the time of the police raid.
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Runway Pakistan, an online content creation platform, also shared the video on its Facebook page in August 2025. “An assistant sub-inspector in Pakpattan has been arrested after a video surfaced showing him slapping a woman during a raid, triggering public outrage. The incident occurred on July 12 when the officer raided the home of a divorced woman accused by her ex-husband of illegal occupation and theft,” the caption reads.
It added that the video emerged 25 days after the incident took place, prompting the district police officer to take swift action and register a case against the ASI.
Other local media accounts, such as SAMAA TV, Geo News, and Public News, also shared the video around the same time last year.
Furthermore, a keyword search yielded a news report by Dawn, dated August 8, 2025, with the headline: “ASI held for slapping woman during raid”.
It said a first information report was registered against the policeman in question on the complaint of Saddar Station House Officer Khizer Hayat.
Similar reports were also published by Nukta and The Current, thereby proving that the incident was not recent.
FACT-CHECK STATUS: MISLEADING
The claim that a viral video shows Pakistani security personnel assaulting a woman is misleading.
The clip dates back to June 2025 from Punjab’s PakPattan and concerned a police officer, not a soldier.
EVIDENCE AND REFERENCES:
August 2025, Express News Facebook post:
https://www.facebook.com/expressnewspk/videos/پاکپتن-میں-پولیس-افسر-کا-خاتون-پر-بہیمانہ-تشددپنجاب-پولیس-کے-رویے-نے-کئی-سوال-اٹ/1308148371186064/
August 2025, Urdu Point TikTok post:
https://www.tiktok.com/@urdupoint.com/video/7536228728871980306
August 2025, Runway Pakistan Facebook post:
https://www.facebook.com/runwaypakistan/videos/an-assistant-sub-inspector-in-pakpattan-has-been-arrested-after-a-video-surfaced/664524275933110/
August 2025, SAMAA News report:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A34rk2aqYXI
August 2025, Geo News report:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPpJ2pAg-w4
August 2025, Public News report:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwvxg2G8HNY
August 2025, Dawn report:
https://www.dawn.com/news/1929371/asi-held-for-slapping-woman-during-raid
August 2025, Nukta report:
https://nukta.com/woman-settles-assault-case
August 2025, The Current report:
https://www.facebook.com/thecurrentpk/posts/pakpattan-saddar-police-arrested-assistant-sub-inspector-asi-malik-ijaz-on-thurs/1310170717572534/