The military’s media affairs wing hit back at India on Tuesday over a documentary covering last year’s brief conflict between the two countries. Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) called it a “Bollywood-style” production. The statement said India had put together a propaganda video to present a military failure as a success.
Key Highlights
- ISPR rejects India’s documentary on “Operation Sindoor” as factually inaccurate
- Statement points to a timeline contradiction over the Pahalgam attack’s alleged perpetrators
- ISPR says Pakistan shot down eight Indian military aircraft during the conflict
- Military says the documentary undercuts its own claim of “100 percent mission success”
- ISPR warns of a “firm, decisive and disproportionate response” to any future aggression
More than a year after Marka-e-Haq, India refuses to face the harsh reality. Instead of conceding defeat in a failed venture, India has decided to colour history in her preferred hues. To achieve this mutilation of history, Indian content creators have produced a highly…
— DG ISPR (@OfficialDGISPR) August 17, 2026
ISPR Says India Refuses to Accept the Outcome
The statement said more than a year has passed since the conflict, which Pakistan calls “Marka-i-Haq,” or Battle of Truth. ISPR said India still refuses to face what actually happened. Instead of accepting defeat, the statement said, India chose to reshape the historical record in its own favor.
The fighting began with the attack on Pahalgam on April 22, 2025. The fighting ended with a ceasefire on May 10, after intervention by the United States following Pakistan’s Operation Bunyanum Marsoos. India’s own strikes on Pakistan, conducted on May 7, 2025, are termed as “Operation Sindoor.” India’s new documentary about the operation was “dramatised, heavily edited and factually incorrect,” ISPR said. The statement said the film involves senior Indian political and military leaders and uses selectively edited interviews and emotional narration to rewrite what actually happened.
A Timeline That Doesn’t Add Up, ISPR Says
One contradiction the documentary’s account had raised was cited by ISPR. The film was alleged to attempt to associate an April 16, 2025 address by Pakistan’s army chief with the Pahalgam attack six days later and called this a ‘conspiracy theory’ being manufactured. It added that India had also later alleged the three men said to be responsible for what happened in Pahalgam were traced and killed on 28 July, 2025 (eighty-two days after the events of Operation Sindoor). The documentary, however, posits Operation Sindoor as retribution for the Pahalgam attackers. ISPR has posed the question, quite bluntly, if the accused are killed in July, who was India claiming to have punished in May?
Military Says Its Own Record Contradicts India’s Claims
ISPR also challenged India’s claim of complete mission success. The statement said Pakistan’s forces thwarted Indian aggression during the conflict and shot down eight military aircraft. It said Pakistan then carried out Operation Bunyanum Marsoos, striking 26 military targets using Fatah precision-guided rockets, missiles, air force munitions, and long-range loitering weapons. Those targets, the statement said, included facilities linked to attacks on Pakistani citizens and groups accused of fostering terrorism inside the country.
Pakistan Says It Needs No Manufactured Narrative
ISPR concluded with a sharp and clear message. It said that Pakistan doesn’t need any cinematic projection for its win. Moreover, cinematic projection cannot hide India’s losses in war, including but not limited to aircraft.
The statement reaffirmed Pakistan’s commitment to regional peace and stability. At the same time, it said the country’s armed forces remain fully prepared to defend Pakistan’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. ISPR warned that any future military misadventure would be met with a firm and disproportionate response, one it said no amount of what it called “cinematic perjury” could ever soften for India.
