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The Pakistani news channel claimed to have a photo of Mr Trump as a child

A television network has amassed online evidence suggesting that the President Elect was in fact born in the north Asian country and was adopted by an American family at a young age.

Urdu language news channel Neo News said it has uncovered the truth, with one of its presenters claiming: "Believe it or not, presidential candidate Donald Trump was born in Pakistan and not in America."

The clip from the Pakistani television network claiming the New Yorker was born in Pakistan went viral after Mr Trump's shock US election victory last week.