Fact-check: Quote about searching army vehicles falsely attributed to Gandapur

Online posts falsely claim that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur in his inaugural speech had announced restricting military vehicles from entering the province, if they refuse to go through a security check.

Claim

“Chief minister Ali Amin Gandapur has said that from now on one can enter the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa [province] without going through a search, not even vehicles of the [Pakistan] army, wrote a user on X, formerly known as Twitter, on March 1, “Our first job will be to end terrorism.”

The post has been viewed over 160,000 times, shared over 6,000 times and liked over 20,000 times, at the time of writing.

Similar claims also appeared here, here and here.

Fact

Geo Fact Check went through the chief minister’s full speech, which was telecasted on several news channels on March 1.

In his over 27-minute speech, Gandapur did not make the statement. The quote is falsely attributed to him.

His actual words, when he spoke about terrorism, are transcribed below:

“The biggest challenge for our province, and which we will work to end first, is terrorism. No country can progress until there is peace. We have to protect our people and our children. Our forces and people have made a lot of sacrifices. Hopefully, those who want to spread terror, their minds can be changed too.”

With additional reporting by Muhammad Binyameen Iqbal.

Follow us on @GeoFactCheck. If our readers detect any errors, we encourage them to contact us at [email protected]