{"id":1693,"date":"2023-07-18T08:16:09","date_gmt":"2023-07-18T08:16:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/afghanistan.factcrescendo.com\/english\/?p=1693"},"modified":"2023-07-18T08:16:13","modified_gmt":"2023-07-18T08:16:13","slug":"afghan-singer-haseeba-noori-was-not-assassinated-in-khyber-pakhtunkhwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/afghanistan.factcrescendo.com\/english\/afghan-singer-haseeba-noori-was-not-assassinated-in-khyber-pakhtunkhwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Social Media Claims of Hasiba Noori\u2019s Murder in Khyber Pakthunkhwa are False.\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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After the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan, many prominent people including several politicians fled the nation and took refuge in different countries. Afghan singer Hasiba Noori also fled the nation after Taliban takeover in August 2021 and took refuge in neighboring Pakistan. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Recently, many social media users claimed that unknown individuals in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan killed Haseeba Noori. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can see some of the claims below: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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One of the Facebook users wrote: <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“The pakhtoon loves music, but has a great contempt for musician.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

– Ghani khan<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You may kill a musician, but not music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afghan Singer Haseeba Noori gunned down by unknown assailants in Pakhtunkhwa province. She ran from Afghanistan to save her life but she did not know that Pakhtunkhwa is more dangerous than her own country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We are not living in country we are living in hell. We do not have respect of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#hasibanoori Aman Shahzad <\/p>\n\n\n\n

#humanrights <\/p>\n\n\n\n

#musician<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, the viral social media claims are fake and Afghan singer Haseeba Noori is alive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fact check<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Several prominent media agencies had also circulated the fake news of assassination of Haseeba Noori. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, a journalist named Iftikar Firdous<\/a> tweeted that the news of the death of singer Haseeba Noori was fake and she is alive. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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FACT CHECK: Just spoke to Haseeba Noori, the Afghan Singer who was reported to be killed in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. She is well and alive. She is in Karachi. Social media and some news websites had shared the news of her death.
Her picture was taken while she was undergoing an\u2026 pic.twitter.com\/61nEM4brM2<\/a><\/p>— Iftikhar Firdous (@IftikharFirdous) July 17, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote>