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The claim

A video showing Muslim students in Bangladesh holding Pakistan flags and chanting pro-Pakistan slogans.

Original publisher’s rating

FALSE

Reviewed by FACTLY ↗ ·

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Original review summary

The review says the footage shows Pakistan Independence Day celebrations on Gerrard Street in Toronto, Canada, rather than events in Bangladesh. It cites related videos from August 2023 and concludes that the slogans were most likely digitally added.[S1]

Additional context

The review says the video location matches Gerrard Street in Toronto, and describes the related YouTube videos as depicting celebrations there in August 2023. [S1]

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Sources and attribution

  1. [S1] FACTLY original review

    Original review · Retrieved October 16, 2026

Original review: FACTLY. Structured data compiled by Data Commons under CC BY 4.0. Publisher article content is subject to its own terms. Summaries and context are produced by PeakMetrics with AI assistance.

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