ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has strongly rejected India’s portrayal of Operation Sindoor, accusing New Delhi of attempting to reshape the history of Marka-e-Haq through a highly dramatized documentary.
Pakistan said the production relies on selectively edited interviews, emotional narration and cinematic reconstruction to present a version of events designed for domestic consumption rather than an objective account of the military confrontation.
The statement highlighted what it described as major contradictions in the documentary’s narrative, particularly over the alleged connection between the Pahalgam incident and Operation Sindoor.
Pakistan questioned India’s claim that the alleged perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack were identified and eliminated on July 28, 2025—82 days after Operation Sindoor began on May 7. Islamabad asked: if those alleged perpetrators were eliminated in July, whom did India claim it was punishing when the operation began in May?
Pakistan also rejected India’s claim of “100 percent mission success,” saying the operational record tells a different story. Islamabad maintains that during Marka-e-Haq, Pakistan’s armed forces successfully responded to Indian aggression and shot down eight military aircraft.
Pakistan further said it subsequently launched Operation Bunyanum Marsoos, using precision-guided rockets and missiles, air-launched precision munitions, loitering munitions and precision artillery against 26 military targets.
The statement also pointed to what it called admissions within the Indian documentary itself, including references to Pakistani missile, drone and air activity, sustained engagements along the Line of Control and the activation of Indian air-defence systems.
Pakistan argued that these accounts are difficult to reconcile with the documentary’s repeated portrayal of an overwhelming Indian military victory.
On the ceasefire, Islamabad said the documentary itself acknowledges that hostilities ended following communication between the Directors General of Military Operations (DGMOs) of Pakistan and India and an agreement to halt military action. Pakistan said this undermines any attempt to portray the cessation of hostilities as a unilateral Indian victory.
The statement further accused the documentary of presenting contradictory claims about escalation—simultaneously highlighting surprise attacks and escalation dominance while suggesting that India deliberately limited the conflict and offered Pakistan an “exit window.”
Pakistan said such contradictions demonstrate that the documentary is “a carefully constructed domestic narrative rather than an objective military account.”
“No amount of cinematic reconstruction can change the chronology, erase aircraft losses, conceal military casualties or alter the military engagements that actually took place,” Pakistan said.
Islamabad maintained that it remains committed to regional peace and stability, while stressing that the Pakistan Armed Forces remain prepared to defend the country’s sovereignty, territorial integrity and national interests.
Pakistan warned that any future military aggression would be met with a firm and decisive response, saying that cinematic portrayals cannot change what happened on the battlefield.
