"Punjab Govt. to start E-Taxi in Lahore Will be called 'Maryam Taxi'", reads what appears to be a news graphic from the English-language newspaper Pakistan Observer, shared May 30, 2025 on Facebook.
Similar posts have also been shared on Threads and TikTok, mocking the first woman chief minister of Pakistan's most populated province Punjab for supposedly appending her name next to "taxi", which in the South Asian nation is slang for sex worker.
Local media Soch Fact Check has earlier debunked the claim (archived link).
A reverse image search found the original Pakistan Observer graphic was published on Facebook on November 29, 2024 (archived link).
"Punjab announces electric taxi scheme to curb pollution," it reads.
"The Punjab government is introducing an e-taxi service to combat rising air pollution and provide employment for the unemployed," its caption says.
Pakistan regularly ranks among the world's most polluted countries, with Punjab's capital Lahore often the most polluted megacity between November and February (archived link).
Sharif also posted details of the programme on her verified Facebook page on May 6, 2024 and referred to the scheme as "e-taxi" (archived link).
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