Jilali MA. Why Pakistan’s Tech Journalists Need More Technical Depth: Pakistani fact-checkers found that four out of five viral claims they investigated in the past two years were false or misleading, and AI-related fact-checks rose sixfold in a single year — yet most newsrooms still assign the "technology beat" to whichever reporter is free, not to anyone trained to tell a real breach from a rumour or a genuine model release from a marketing stunt. PakTech [Internet]. 2026 Jul. 19 [cited 2026 Jul. 29];1(12):i-ii. Available from: https://pakjournals.com/ojs/index.php/ptt/article/view/642