Pakistan’s military has strongly dismissed India’s depiction of Operation Sindoor as a victorious campaign, accusing New Delhi of producing an overly dramatized documentary that attempts to rewrite the true outcome of the conflict and distort the facts surrounding its failed operation.
In a statement released on Monday, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) condemned India for refusing to acknowledge the reality more than a year after the Marka-e-Haq operation. Instead of admitting defeat, India is accused of attempting to reshape history to suit its narrative.
The ISPR criticized Indian content creators for crafting a highly dramatized and factually inaccurate documentary featuring senior political and military figures. The military’s media wing described the production as both tragic and comedic due to its lack of nuance and serious analysis. It accused the documentary of using selectively edited interviews, emotional narration, and cinematic Bollywood-style reenactments to alter established facts and revise the operational outcome.
the ISPR, the documentary contains fundamental inconsistencies that reveal a belated effort to manufacture a version of events acceptable to the Indian public. It notably attempts to link a speech by Pakistan’s Chief of Army Staff on April 16, 2025, with the Pahalgam incident on April 22, 2025, fabricating a conspiracy theory without basis.
India claims the three alleged perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack were identified and neutralized on July 28, 2025—82 days after Operation Sindoor—yet the documentary portrays the operation as punishment for those responsible. The ISPR challenged this timeline, questioning who India claims was targeted on May 7, 2025, if the perpetrators were eliminated much later.
The assertion of “100% mission success” was also rejected as inconsistent with the operational record. During Marka-e-Haq, Pakistan’s Armed Forces successfully repelled Indian aggression, shooting down eight military aircraft. Pakistan then launched Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos, employing Fatah precision-guided rockets, missiles, Pakistan Air Force precision munitions, long-range loitering munitions, and precision artillery against 26 military targets, including facilities involved in terrorism against Pakistan.
The documentary itself undermines India’s claims of dominance by acknowledging extensive Pakistani missile, drone, and air operations, sustained clashes along the Line of Control, and the activation of Indian air-defense systems. Such admissions conflict with the portrayal of a decisive Indian victory.
Regarding the cessation of hostilities, the documentary confirms that fighting ended through communication between the two Deputy Directors General of Military Operations and a mutual agreement to halt military action. This contradicts the narrative of a unilateral Indian triumph. The ceasefire, brokered by then-US President Donald Trump, cannot be reinterpreted as unconditional Indian victory.
The documentary’s conflicting claims about escalation dynamics—emphasizing surprise, precision, deep strikes, and escalation dominance while also asserting India deliberately limited the conflict and allowed Pakistan an “exit window”—expose it as a carefully constructed domestic narrative rather than an objective military account.
The ISPR concluded that India has not revealed the full truth but instead assembled a propaganda piece to mask a military failure as a success. No amount of cinematic dramatization can alter the timeline, erase aircraft losses, hide casualties, or transform a battlefield defeat into a claimed victory.
Pakistan’s military reaffirmed that it does not need to fabricate narratives around Marka-e-Haq, as the operational record, battlefield evidence, diplomatic communications, and India’s own statements are clear and widely recognized internationally.
Reiterating its commitment to regional peace and stability, the ISPR warned that Pakistan’s Armed Forces remain fully prepared to defend the country’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. Any future military aggression will be met with a firm, decisive, and disproportionate response, and no amount of “cinematic perjury” will provide India with a face-saving exit.
The two nuclear-armed neighbors clashed for four days in May 2025 after India conducted strikes inside Pakistan on May 7, following a deadly attack on tourists in Pahalgam, Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir, weeks earlier. India termed its military action Operation Sindoor, while Pakistan responded with Operation Bunyan-un-Marsoos on May 10. The confrontation ended the same day when US President Donald Trump announced a ceasefire between the two countries.
