Fact-Checking Policy

This Fact-Checking Policy explains how PakBrief verifies information before publication, and how we handle it when we get something wrong.

Our Verification Standard

Accuracy comes before speed. Before a story is published, we work to verify its central claims against at least one of the following:

Official notifications, government or regulatory statements
Company or organizational statements, press releases, or public filings
On-the-record comments from a named source
Other independently verifiable public material, such as court filings, official data, or published reports

Where a claim can’t be verified against one of these, we say so plainly in the article rather than presenting it as confirmed fact — through attribution language such as “according to” or “reportedly,” or by naming the outlet or source we’re citing.

Sourcing in Practice

We prioritize primary sources — the regulator, company, or official body directly involved — over secondhand reporting wherever one is available.
Where we rely on another outlet’s reporting because a primary source isn’t publicly accessible, we credit that outlet by name.
We distinguish clearly between confirmed fact, official statements, and analysis or informed interpretation, either through framing or explicit labeling.
Anonymous sourcing is used sparingly, and only where a named account isn’t realistically available and the information serves a clear public interest.

Corrections

When we get something wrong, we fix it and say so — we do not quietly edit a published article to remove an error.

Factual errors — an incorrect figure, date, name, or similar detail — are corrected in the article as soon as we can verify the right information, with a note added to the article stating what was changed and when.
Significant errors — ones that materially change the meaning or conclusion of a story — are corrected with a clear editor’s note at the top of the article explaining what was wrong and what’s been updated.
Updates to a still-developing story — new information that supersedes rather than corrects what we previously reported — are labeled as an update, not a correction.

Reporting an Error

If you believe something we’ve published is inaccurate, tell us. Email contact@pakbrief.com with a link to the article, a description of the issue, and, where possible, a source we can use to verify the correct information. We aim to review correction requests within a few business days; urgent factual errors are prioritized and addressed sooner.

Related Policies

This policy works alongside our Editorial Policy and Disclaimer, which cover our broader newsroom standards and the limits of the information we publish.