Claim:This video shows donkeys entering and disrupting Pakistan’s parliament.
fact:That claim is false. The video is generated by AI.
HYDERABAD: A short video clip showing a donkey casually walking down the aisles of Pakistan’s parliament building, with lawmakers laughing and reacting in surprise, is going viral on social media.
The video has been widely shared, with one Facebook user posting it with the caption: “Donkey invades Pakistan parliament and causes commotion.” (Translated from Telugu) (Archive)
fact check
NewsMeter found this claim to be false. This viral video is generated by AI and is not a real incident by Pakistan Parliament.
A search of authoritative reports and parliamentary records found no evidence that such an incident took place inside Pakistan’s parliament. This suggests that the incident did not occur.
Video analysis
Upon closer analysis, some visual inconsistencies reveal that the clip is synthetic.
The donkey’s movements appear unnaturally smooth and weightless, lacking natural hoof impact and proper shading on the carpet. In some frames, the donkey is incorrectly blended with surrounding objects, causing small occlusion errors characteristic of AI-generated visuals.
To further verify these observations, NewsMeter analyzed the clip using Hive Moderation and Deepfake-O-Meter. Both flagged the video as being generated by AI with a high confidence score.
Video source
A reverse image search on Google for keyframes from the video turned up the same video from a TikTok account named @arabianspeed1. Videos can be accessed via VPN.
The video’s caption is flagged as “Contains AI-generated media” to let you know that the video was generated by AI. Similar artificially created videos were also found on the profile.
A viral video claiming a donkey invaded Pakistan’s parliament is not real. This is an AI-generated clip.
Therefore, this claim is false.
