Footage of former Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif speaking at a meeting of opposition leaders in 2007 has been recirculated in posts falsely claiming it shows him announcing that several parties would boycott the 2024 election. In reality, Sharif's army-backed Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), founded by ex-prime minister Imran Khan, have both been falsely accused online of calling for election boycotts in the most recent poll.