{"id":228771,"date":"2019-07-11T16:04:07","date_gmt":"2019-07-11T11:04:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=228771"},"modified":"2019-07-11T16:04:07","modified_gmt":"2019-07-11T11:04:07","slug":"fact-check-pakistans-second-tallest-man-is-alive-and-well","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/fact-check-pakistans-second-tallest-man-is-alive-and-well\/","title":{"rendered":"Fact Check: Pakistan’s Second Tallest Man Is Alive And Well"},"content":{"rendered":"

The news regarding the death of Pakistan\u2019s second tallest man \u2014Naseer Soomro \u2014 has turned out to be fake.<\/p>\n

While talking to a foreign media outlet \u2014AFP\u2014 Naseer Soomro refuted the earlier reports that stated that he had died.<\/p>\n

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Here’s what he said:<\/p>\n

I am alive and speaking to you and I don\u2019t understand what people get from spreading such false news.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Fake News On Social Media<\/h3>\n

The news that was first posted on a Facebook page named \u201cKPK Network\u201d had been shared tens of thousands of times across the social networking site. The post was deleted after it was shared 38,000 times.<\/p>\n

Although the news regarding Mr. Soomro death turned out to be false but he has been suffering with breathing problem, he told AFP.<\/p>\n

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The fake news announcing Naseer Soomro’s death.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cI am not well as I have breathing troubles, I am on oxygen at my home,\u201d Soomro said.<\/p>\n

The 54 years old works at the Customer Services department of Pakistan International Airline (PIA). A spokesperson of the PIA \u2014Mashhood Tajwar\u2014 also confirmed that Naseer Soomro is still alive.
\n\u201cMr Soomro is alive and he is still an employee of PIA,\u201dhe said.<\/p>\n

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Pakistan\u2019s Tallest Man<\/h3>\n

A 23 years old resident of Multan \u2014Zia Rashid \u2014 claims to be the tallest man of the country. While talking to APP Rashid said that he has been working hard on his fitness and is also getting trained in taekwondo. The 23 year old is 8 feet 3 inches tall.<\/p>\n

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The news regarding the death of Pakistan\u2019s second tallest man \u2014Naseer Soomro \u2014 has turned out to be fake. While talking to a foreign media outlet \u2014AFP\u2014 Naseer Soomro refuted the earlier reports that stated that he had died. ALSO READ Video Game or Real Life? Pakistani Politician Confuses GTA V Clip For Real Thing Here’s what he said: I […] More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":228782,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1298,2199,1291],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-228771","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-featured","9":"category-social-media"},"wps_subtitle":"Earlier reports said the 54 year old had passed away.","img_urls":{"thumbnail":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/naseer-soomro-feat-2-364x205.jpg",364,205,true],"medium":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/naseer-soomro-feat-2-758x440.jpg",758,440,true],"full":["https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/07\/naseer-soomro-feat-2.jpg",1000,580,false]},"author_name":"Arslan Khattak","categories_name":["Culture","Featured","Social Media"],"title_text":"Fact Check: Pakistan\u2019s Second Tallest Man Is Alive And Well","related_stories":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts?filter&per_page=4&categories=1298,2199,1291&exclude=228771","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228771","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228771"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228771\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228782"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228771"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228771"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228771"},{"taxonomy":"adace-sponsor","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/adace-sponsor?post=228771"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}