Following the arrival of Pakistan’s former Prime Minister Imran Khan’s sons, Sulaiman Khan and Kasim Khan, in Washington, DC, to get support for their father’s release from prison, social media has been monitored with pictures of the supposed “catering guideline” by the restaurant, Capitol Hill Club, where his sons tin on July 23.
According to the alleged document, the restaurant does not serve halal food.
The claim is false. The document is forged.
Assertion
On July 25, an X (Twitter) account, titled ‘PML N Digital’, shared a photo of Sulaiman Khan and Kasim Khan, who ate at a Washington restaurant, DC, with US lawmakers.
The post was overwritten: “Imran Niazi’s sons illegal acts. Capital Hill Club, where Kasim and Sulaiman ate, don’t even have Halal Mad available.” The post also included the image of a document that allegedly outlined Capitol Hill Club’s catering guidelines.
The last section of this alleged document states: “If the guaranteed number falls significantly, the original expected guests should reserve the right to change the room to a more appropriate size. We do not offer halal or kosher food per restaurant policy.” (Sic).
Identical claims were shared elsewhere on Facebook and x hereAt here and here.
Fact
The document circulating online is fake, confirms the club’s website and a digital media association tool.
The guidelines for catering for the private member Capitol Hill Club are publicly available on their website which can be seen here. GEO FACT CHECK Reviewed the guidelines for breakfast, lunch and dinner, but found no document that says the restaurant is not serving halal or kosher food.
It should also be noted that the online document contains many grammatical errors, such as “Opportunity”, which is spelled as “Opportunity”, “Events” as “Atrications” and “Expected” as “Expected”. This proves that the document was likely to be created using publicly available AI tools.
GEO FACT CHECK Also ran the online document on attestive, a deeply false detection tool that gave the document a manipulation score of 50, adding that text is inserted into the original document.
Judgment: The document circulating online that claims Capitol Hill Club does not offer Halal or Kosher food is false.
