Fact Check | 2023 video from protest in Pakistan shared as 'visuals from Gaza'
The Verdict - Misleading
The video is from a pro-Palestine gathering that was held in Karachi in 2023, where fake body bags were displayed as a symbolic tribute.
What is the claim?
A video of small body bags kept on the floor, with the words "Save Gaza" written on a white sheet, was shared online with a claim that it shows the ones killed during the ongoing war between Israel and Hamas. A Facebook user shared the video with the caption, "Birds of Jannah From Gaza." Similar posts can be found here, here, and here.
The video started circulating after Israel carried out airstrikes on Gaza on March 19 and 20, 2025, killing at least 85 Palestinians. On March 23, 2025, Israel attacked a hospital, claiming to have killed two Hamas members. Around the same time, Pakistan’s religious political party Jamaat-e-Islami held rallies condemning Israel’s attacks.
However, the video is from 2023 and shows a protest held in Karachi to show solidarity with the Palestinians.
What are the facts?
A reverse image search led us to an X post (archived here), published on November 20, 2023, where the user shared similar visuals and images of small body bags atop a Palestinian flag spread across the street. The post was captioned, "Thousands of Pakistanis gathered at Nishtar Park in #Karachi to show solidarity with #Gaza and #Palestine (sic)."
Using this as a cue, we searched for looked for reports about a protest held at Nishtar Park in Karachi and found images published by the Associated Press (AP) in November 2023.
One AP image is very similar to the visuals in the now-viral video, and according to the caption, the white body bags were laid down to represent Palestinians killed in Israel’s attacks on Gaza in November 2023. The caption added that supporters from Pakistan’s main religious political party participated in the rally. The photograph was attributed to AP news photographer Fareed Khan.
Alamy also published pictures from this rally held in Karachi on November 19, 2023, and attributed those images to the same AP photographer.
In November 2023, several pro-Palestine rallies were held in multiple cities in Pakistan in support of Palestine and against Israel’s strikes on Gaza.
The verdict
Visuals from a symbolic protest held in support of Palestine in November 2023 in Pakistan’s Karachi have been passed off as people killed in Gaza following the recent Israeli airstrikes.
(This story was originally published by logicallyfacts.com, and republished by english.varthabharati.in as part of the Shakti Collective)
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Andhra to be developed as knowledge, creator economy hub: CM Naidu
New Delhi/Amaravati (PTI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Friday said the state is taking steps to transform itself into a knowledge and creator economy hub with a strong focus on artificial intelligence and quantum technology.
He noted that Andhra Pradesh has abundant tech-driven youth and the government is formulating plans to train them in futuristic technologies with support from global technology firms.
"Our goal is to transform Andhra Pradesh into a knowledge hub by focusing on AI, quantum computing, data centres, drone cities and space cities. The youth will remain our biggest asset over the next 25 years, and we seek global partnerships to scale up the creator economy," said Naidu during his interactions at the India AI Impact Summit 2026 in Delhi.
Naidu, who participated in the summit in the national capital, also held meetings with several global technology leaders and industrialists to explore collaborations in artificial intelligence, clean energy and innovation ecosystems.
He met Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, Autodesk AI Head Mike Haley, Aramco India Director Abdul Rehman AiThukair, LEGO Education Vice President Tom Hall, Aadhaar Founder and CTO Srikanth Nadhamuni, Khosla Ventures Managing Partner Vinod Khosla and others at the AP Pavilion.
The chief minister also held discussions with Saudi Aramco representatives on clean energy projects, including solar initiatives, and invited the company to expand operations in Andhra Pradesh, stating that the state is highly suitable for green energy production.
He sought support from NVIDIA Vice President Callista Redmond for establishing AI Living Labs and proposed partnerships through the Ratan Tata Innovation Hub to promote youth innovation, including collaborations with IIT Tirupati and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Tirupati under the Andhra Pradesh Future Innovation and Research for Science and Technology (AP FIRST) initiative.
Naidu urged Autodesk leadership to support the development of Global Capability Centres in design engineering and requested the establishment of an Innovation Academy in Amaravati aligned with quantum technology, besides proposing AI and robotics learning labs in partnership with LEGO Education.
He also discussed AI-driven smart governance solutions with Quantela Inc Chairman Sridhar Gadhi, while World Bank Group Digital AI Regional Director Mahesh Uttamchandani met Naidu on the sidelines of the summit.
Following the meetings, Naidu visited various exhibition stalls at the summit, including those of NVIDIA, Tata, Intel and Microsoft, and reviewed AI applications across agriculture, healthcare and industry.
