A picture of Russian President Vladimir Putin is getting viral on social media. In the picture, Putin can be seen reading a book. The cover page of the book has a picture of former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan.
Another book is also placed on Putin’s table. The cover page of that second book also has a picture of Imran Khan. It is being claimed that the book that Putin is reading is Khan’s 2011 memoir ‘Pakistan: A Personal History‘. While the second book is described as ‘Let There Be Justice: The Political Journey of Imran Khan‘.
Source: Twitter
Sharing this picture on Twitter, verified user Mahnoor Malik captions in Urdu – The world reads Imran Khan and we are lucky to have a leader like Imran Khan. Thank God, Lord of the worlds.
Many other users have also shared this picture on other social media platforms with similar claims.
Fact Check:
To know the reality of the viral image, the DFRAC team first reverse-searched the picture with the help of the InVID tool. During this time we found the original picture on the photography website Alamy. This picture was posted on June 14, 2016.
Source: alamy
The picture was captioned by Russian President Vladimir Putin reviewing a book during a meeting with Vladimir Fortov, president of the Russian Academy of Sciences at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, on June 14, 2016, and Mikhail Kotyukov, director of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations.
Source: en.kremlin.ru
We conducted further investigations and found a similar image on the Kremlin, the official website of the Russian President’s Office. “Meeting with Vladimir Fortov, President of the Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), and Mikhail Kotukov, Director of the Federal Agency for Scientific Organizations (FASO).”
Conclusion:
Therefore, the Fact Check of DFRAC makes it clear that the viral picture is fake. Because the picture has been edited. The original picture does not have Imran Khan’s picture on both cover pages of the books.
