
In the wake of India's precision missile strikes under 'Operation Sindoor', a video of a Pakistani citizen has gone viral, triggering waves across social media. In a scathing indictment of his own country's defence system, the citizen acknowledged India’s successful operation while exposing the misinformation campaign being run by Pakistan.
“Last night India fired 24 missiles on Pakistan. The surprising thing is that all the missiles fell on their target. Whatever target India had set, India achieved that target. The more surprising thing is that our defence system could not intercept even a single missile. We could not stop even a single missile. We failed to stop all the attacks. Exactly the target that India had to achieve, it has achieved it,” he said in the viral video.
"What they say, ‘India ko ghuske maarna tha, India ne ghuske maara,’ and we could not stop its missiles. This is the truth, now don't say that you are praising India. It is a fact, that is a fact," the Pakistani citizen said.
He also slammed Pakistan’s efforts to spread fake narratives about downed Indian jets and attacks on Indian military headquarters.
"Another fake news being peddled was that Pakistan downed Indian Air Force jets. I checked all the pictures, some are 8 months old, some are 3 years old. Even the attack on General headquarters in India claim is fake news," he said, calling out the misinformation.
Meanwhile, India strongly countered false claims being spread online by Pakistan. The Press Information Bureau's Fact-Checking Unit flagged a series of fake posts and old images being circulated to mislead the public.
"Beware of old images shared by pro-Pakistan handles in the present context," PIB FactCheck posted on X, confirming that one viral image was from a 2021 MiG-21 crash in Punjab and not linked to Operation Sindoor.
India’s Ministry of Defence also accused Pakistan of launching a "full-blown disinformation offensive" in the aftermath of the operation.
"Following India's decisive strike under 'Operation Sindoor', Pakistan has unleashed a full-blown disinformation offensive — a desperate attempt to shift the focus and control the narrative with a barrage of lies and digital theatrics," officials said.
India's Defence Minister Rajnath Singh hailed Operation Sindoor, calling it a historic and precise military action.
"Through Operation Sindoor, India has used its 'right to respond' to the attack on its soil, and the armed forces scripted history by acting with precision, precaution and compassion to destroy the camps used to train terrorists in Pakistan and PoK," he said addressing the Border Roads Organisation (BRO) Raising Day celebrations.
He stated that all targets were destroyed and no civilian lives were harmed.
"It was limited only to the camps and other infrastructure used for training terrorists, with the aim of breaking their morale," Singh said.
Drawing from the Ramayana, Singh referenced Lord Hanuman's ethos of targeted retaliation.
"We have followed the ideals of Lord Hanuman. Just as he said during the destruction of Ashok Vatika — 'jin mohi maara, tin mohi maare' (I only struck those who attacked me) — we too have targeted only those who killed our innocent people," Singh added.
Under 'Operation Sindoor', Indian forces launched missile strikes on nine terror-linked locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. These include:
Foreign Secretary Vikram Misri clarified that the operation was in response to the April 22 terror attack in Pahalgam, stating that Pakistan had taken no concrete action against terror groups operating from its soil.
"India’s actions were in line with the UN Security Council's statement about holding perpetrators, organisers, financiers and sponsors of the Pahalgam terror attack accountable," Misri said.
With the world closely watching, India's message through Operation Sindoor was clear: terrorism will not go unanswered — and misinformation will not go unchallenged.