There’s an old proverb: “Cut your coat according to your cloth.” In Hindi, we say, “Jitni chaadar ho, utne hi pair failaane chahiye.” [Live within your means.]
But it seems the terror networks operating out of Pakistan and the military-political establishment that harbors them have forgotten that wisdom. What they received in return was swift, brutal, and unequivocal: a 25-minute strike by the Indian Armed Forces that destroyed nine terror camps across Pakistan and PoK.
On the intervening night of 6 and 7 May, while Pakistan spent the day filming dried-up stretches of the Indus River to push its diplomatic narrative, India launched Operation Sindoor - a counteroffensive that strategically targeted multiple terror hubs. A decisive action against terrorism.
This was not merely a military operation. It was a reminder to Pakistan and the world that India’s response to terror would no longer follow predictable scripts.
Faced with mounting proof, Pakistan’s leadership reverted to its familiar playbook of denial and deflection. Pakistan’s Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif’s address to the National Assembly was less a response, more a delusion:
India tried to carry out a covert attack on Pakistan in the middle of the night, but with the prayers of 240 million citizens, we gave a strong response and turned that night into a 'moonlit night'. Every day we received alerts that Indian fighter jets were coming and would attack Pakistan. But by the grace of Allah, our forces were on alert 24/7, ready to shoot down their planes and throw them into the sea.Pakistan PM Shehbaz Sharif
Pakistan may have lost the battle on ground, but it has declared a full-blown war online — through fake news, doctored images, and manipulated narratives. A viral image of a crashed Jaguar was passed off as an Indian fighter jet downed in Operation Sindoor. In reality, it was from an accident in Gujarat on 2 April 2025.
If this is what Pakistan’s defence relies on, the problem isn’t lack of evidence — it’s a lack of truth.
The answer lies in the 22 April's attack in Pahalgam, where terrorists massacred 26 innocent civilians in Jammu & Kashmir. India responded not with rhetoric, but with resolve.
The operation targeted 9 key camps — 5 in Pakistan-occupied Jammu & Kashmir, and 4 in Pakistan itself.
Markaz Subhan Allah, Bahawalpur: Jaish-e-Mohammed's HQ, where 10 members of Hafiz Saeed’s family were reportedly killed.
Sawai Nala Camp, Muzaffarabad: A Lashkar-e-Taiba training ground, linked to attacks in Sonmar on 20 October 2024, in Gulmarg on 24 October 2024, and in Pahalgam on 22 April 2025.
Gulpur Camp, Kotli: A Lashkar-e-Taiba base where terror involved in the 20 April 2023, Poonch attack and the 9 June 2024, Reasi attack received their training.
These were not empty targets. These were operational command centres for terror.
When British news agency Sky News confronted Pakistan’s Information Minister Attaullah Tarar, he flatly denied the existence of terror camps on Pakistani soil. Perhaps he also forgot that:
Osama bin Laden was found in Abbottabad, a stone’s throw from a military base.
Ajmal Kasab, the only surviving 26/11 attacker, was Pakistani.
Lashkar, Jaish, and Hizbul have operated openly for decades—with training, funding, and ideological backing.
Here’s what Pakistan is ignoring while funding terror:
37.2 percent of its population lives below the poverty line (World Bank, 2023).
Inflation has surged from 4.5 percent in 2015 to 23.4 percent in 2024.
Literacy rate remains a dismal 58 percent.
Its power grid is failing, food prices soaring, and government barely holding.
Instead of investing in terror camps, imagine if Pakistan had built schools, hospitals, or water pipelines.
India is not a country of warmongers. But it is a nation that will never accept injustice — whether it wears the mask of terror or hides behind fake news.