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India’s cross-border strikes during last month’s military confrontation with Pakistan were more widespread than previously acknowledged, according to a newly surfaced Pakistani government document. The report, detailing Pakistan’s defensive response under Operation Bunyan-um-Marsoos, lists seven more locations targeted by Indian drones—ranging from Peshawar in the northwest to Hyderabad in the south.
These new locations, not mentioned in Indian official briefings, include Peshawar in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa; Attock, Bahawalnagar, Gujrat, and Jhang in Punjab; and Chhor and Hyderabad in Sindh. The document, which was shared with select Pakistani media outlets, focuses on India’s “unprovoked aggression” following the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack that killed 26 civilians.
While the Pakistani report does not specify what was targeted at these sites, prior disclosures offer some clues. Notably, on May 16, it was reported that Indian drones struck the National Defence Complex (NDC) in Attock, a key facility that produces missile transporter-erector-launcher (TEL) vehicles.
Several of the newly revealed locations are of military significance:
- Bahawalnagar hosts a major army cantonment.
- Gujrat is home to Pakistan’s largest military installation at Kharian.
- Jhang district borders the Rafiqui airbase, which was also targeted.
- Chhor houses the Pakistan Army Desert Warfare School.
- Hyderabad has its own army cantonment.
These revelations add to what satellite imagery had already confirmed—significant damage to terrorist infrastructure and military assets in Pakistan during the hostilities. High-resolution imagery from private firms had previously documented Indian strikes on nine terror sites on May 7, followed by missile attacks on eight airbases on May 10.
On May 7, the Indian Air Force (IAF) targeted terror training camps at:
Markaz Subhanallah in Bahawalpur, the headquarters of the banned Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), is located 100 km inside Pakistan.
Markaz Taiba near Muridke, the Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) base linked to the 2008 Mumbai attacks, including the training of Ajmal Kasab and David Headley.
The Indian Army simultaneously struck seven other terror sites:
Mehmoona Joya (Sialkot), Sawai Nala and Syed Na Bilal (Muzaffarabad), Gulpur and Abbas (Kotli), Barnala (Bhimber), and Sarjal.
On May 9–10, the IAF launched a second wave of strikes on military targets across Pakistan, including airbases at Rafiqui, Murid, Chaklala, Rahim Yar Khan, Sukkur, Chunian, Pasrur, Sialkot, Skardu, Sargodha, Jacobabad, Bholari, and Malir Cantt in Karachi.
Ravi Shankar
Dr Ravi Shankar has over two decades of experience in communications, print journalism, electronic media, documentary film making and new media.
He makes regular appearances on national television news channels as a commentator and analyst on current and political affairs. Apart from being an acknowledged Journalist, he has been a passionate newsroom manager bringing a wide range of journalistic experience from past associations with India’s leading media conglomerates (Times of India group and India Today group) and had led global news-gathering operations at world’s biggest multimedia news agency- ANI-Reuters. He has covered Parliament extensively over the past several years. Widely traveled, he has covered several summits as part of media delegation accompanying the Indian President, Vice President, Prime Minister, External Affairs Minister and Finance Minister across Asia, Africa and Europe.
