“Deepfakes of Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif and Indian PM Narendra Modi admitting defeat or apologizing to the opposing nation.”

The claim that deepfakes of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif were circulated during the 2025 India-Pakistan conflict is supported by multiple sources. According to the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism, fact-checkers at the organization BOOM identified that deepfakes of Shehbaz Sharif 'admitting defeat' and deepfakes of Narendra Modi and other Indian officials 'apologizing to Pakistan' went viral on social media platforms during the crisis. These videos were analyzed using AI detection tools to confirm their manipulated nature. Furthermore, academic research published in the Pakistan Social Sciences Review (PSSR) corroborates that such deepfakes were deployed as part of information warfare tactics by various actors to influence public and international perception. While the Indian government's Press Information Bureau (PIB) has also frequently debunked other AI-generated deepfakes of PM Modi, attributing them to 'Pakistani propaganda' accounts, the specific instances mentioned in the claim regarding the 2025 conflict are documented by independent media monitors and researchers as part of a broader surge in AI-fueled disinformation during that period.