"Islamabad police ran away, fearing PTI rally," reads Urdu-language text in a video published on Facebook on November 21 shared more than 6,500 times.
The clip shows a group of police officers walking down a street with their fists raised before turning and running.
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Screenshot of the false post, captured on November 28
Pakistan police said on November 27 that they had arrested nearly 1,000 protesters who defied a ban and marched on Islamabad -- the latest in a series of rallies held to demand Khan's release (archived link).
The former prime minister has been jailed since August 2023, sidelined by dozens of legal cases he claims were confected to prevent his comeback in elections this year marred by rigging allegations.
His PTI party won the most seats but a coalition considered more pliable to military influence shut it out of power.
Similar videos were shared along with the false claim elsewhere on Facebook and X.
Some users appeared to believe the video is genuine and posted laughing emojis to mock the officers.
One user wrote: "Are they practising how to run away?"
"Haha well done," another said sarcastically.
But the video was first shared by a TikTok account that regularly posts clips made with AI.
A keyword search for "Bilal Ai" -- text that can be seen in some of the false videos -- shows it is the name of a TikTok account, where the original video was uploaded on November 21 (archived link).
The account's profile says it uploads "AI content".
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