DFRAC Editor 
A video of a Burqa woman firing a gun is becoming viral on social media platforms. The video have more than a thousand views in December 2021. People are claiming that the woman firing a gun in Karachi, the largest city in Muslim-majority Pakistan. The video shared has misleading context; it has circulated in reports since November 2020 about a woman firing shots at a shop in Hindu-majority India.
The video was shared here on Facebook on December 11, 2021. It has more than 4000 views. “This is Karachi my dear,” reads the post’s Urdu-language caption. Moreover, the footage was shared alongside a similar claim that it was filmed in Karachi here, here, here , and here on Facebook; and here and here on Twitter.
The video shows a woman in a burqa — a traditional Islamic head-to-toe garment — shouting abuse in a narrow street. At the 17-second mark, she is pointing what appears to be a gun at a door before the sound of a gunshot. Seconds later, she gets on a motorbike before the clip ends. “I’m Nasir’s sister,” she says towards the end of the video.
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Some people have shared the clip in a misleading context. It has previously circulated in reports about a woman firing a gun in the Indian capital of Delhi. Further, Times Now had also shared this video on YouTube on November 24, 2020.The report’s headline reads: “Shocking: Woman in burqa fires at a shop after a tiff over the phone in Delhi”.
In addition, India Today also reported on the incident on November 24, 2020. Hence, this video of burqa woman is fake and misleading.
Aayushi Rana 
Nisar Ahmed Siddiqui 