Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (DG ISPR) Lt Gen Ahmed Sharif Chaudhry said the Pakistan Armed Forces conducted Operation Bunyanum Marsoos on May 10 as part of the military conflict ‘Marka-e-Haq’ in response to Indian military’s dastardly attacks that began on the night of May 6 and 7, resulting in the loss of innocent civilian lives, including women, children, and the elderly.
On May 10, Pakistan launched Operation Bunyanum Marsoos and deployed its Al-Fatah missile and targeted multiple Indian military installations. However, after the intervention of US President Donald Trump, a full and immediate ceasefire was reached between India and Pakistan.
Military spokesperson said that Pakistan had vowed justice and retribution for the reprehensible Indian military aggression and brutal killings of our citizens. “Alhamdulillah! Pakistan Armed Forces have delivered the promise made to our people,” an ISPR statement read.
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It further said that the Armed Forces thank Almighty Allah for His infinite blessings, mercy, help, and divine support. “Allah has ordained the believers to retaliate whenever they are wronged. We bow our heads to Him in utmost humility for enabling us to translate our resolve into decisive actions on the battlefield. Our hearts and sympathies are with the wards and families of the Shuhada who sacrificed their lives for the beloved country. We pray for the quick recovery of our injured countrymen,” it added.
The ISPR statement extended heartfelt gratitude to every officer, soldier, airman, and sailor of the Armed Forces of Pakistan who made this success on the battlefield possible through their courage, professionalism, and sacrifice.
Army spokesperson thanked the nation for support during the testing time. “The Armed Forces of Pakistan express their profound appreciation and gratitude to the brave Pakistani nation whose unwavering moral strength, resolve, and above all, wholehearted support and prayers remained with us during these trying times. This support was indeed the most potent force multiplier for the Armed Forces of Pakistan,” the statement read.
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The statement further thanked the media to act as a “steel wall” against Indian media’s dis-information campaign. “Profound gratitude is also due to the vibrant media of Pakistan, which stood like Bunyanum Marsoos, a steel wall against the Indian media’s dis-information blitz and reckless war-mongering,” it read.
The military also extend appreciation to the diplomatic corps for effectively representing Pakistan’s case on international fora and expressed gratitude to scientists and engineers for developing indigenous and specialised niche technologies that were instrumental in the magnificent success of Operation ‘Bunyanum Marsoos,’ it added.
The statement further said that the armed forces are extremely grateful to the political leadership of all political parties, without any distinction, for the show of unified resolve in our support for the defence of our motherland.
“The armed forces are specifically grateful to the inspiring leadership of the Prime Minister of Pakistan and his cabinet ministers for taking destiny-altering decisions for the country and steering it through this critical situation,” it added.
Giving details about the Operation Bunyanum Marsoos, the ISPR shared that Pakistan’s response was a textbook demonstration of integrated tri-services jointness, enabled by real-time situational awareness, network-centric warfare capabilities, and seamless multi-domain operations.
This synergy across air, land, sea, and cyber domains allowed for precision engagement, overwhelming lethality, and lightening operational tempo. All platforms operated in synergy, delivering coordinated effects at carefully selected decisive points, it added.
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“Using precision-guided long-range Fatah series missiles F1 and F2 of the Pakistan Army, precision munitions of the Pakistan Air Force, highly capable long-range loitering killer munitions, and precision long-range artillery, 26 military targets as well as facilities that were used to target Pakistani citizens, and those enterprises that were responsible for fomenting terrorism in Pakistan, were engaged in Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir and also mainland India,” the statement maintained.
The targets included Air Force and Aviation bases at Suratgarh, Sirsa, Bhuj, Naliya, Adampur, Bhatinda, Barnala, Halwara, Awantipura, Srinagar, Jammu, Udhampur, Mamun, Ambala, and Pathankot, all of which sustained major damages, it said, adding, BrahMos storage facilities at Beas and Nagrota were also destroyed, which had fired missiles on Pakistan killing innocent civilians including women, children and elderly.
The statement also shared that the S-400 battery systems at Adampur and Bhuj were also attacked and effectively neutralised by Pakistan Air Force. Military logistics and support sites, which helped sustain this unlawful operation against innocent Pakistani civilians—like Field Supply Depot at Uri and Radar Station at Poonch—were also targeted.
It further stated that Military Command Headquarters which helped plan the operational killing of our innocent citizens, especially the children, including 10 Bde and 80 Bde at KG Top and Naushera, were completely destroyed.
“Facilities which harboured, trained, and capacitated proxy elements that perpetrated terrorist attacks inside Pakistan and killed innocent civilians were specifically identified and destroyed. These include intelligence units and their forward field elements at Rajauri and Naushera,” it added.
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The ISPR shared that across the LoC, military elements including HQs, logistic bases, artillery positions, and posts that had caused civilian casualties in Azad Jammu and Kashmir through unprovoked artillery and small arms fire were relentlessly targeted and heavily damaged, until they raised white flags and asked for restraint.
It stated that India used drones to violate Pakistani airspace to intimidate our civilians and spread fear. “All through Operation Bunyanum Marsoos, dozens of Pakistani armed drones hovered over Indian major cities and sensitive political and government facilities—including their capital New Delhi—and from Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu and Kashmir all the way to Gujarat to clearly manifest our lethal long-range unmanned capability, indicating the futility of the use of this domain in warfare,” it added.
The statement further read that the Pakistan Armed Forces also carried out comprehensive and effective cyber operations to temporarily cripple and degrade critical infrastructure and services that were being used by Indian Armed Forces to sustain their operations.
“Pakistan Armed Forces possess an ‘adequate’ suite of very sophisticated ‘niche military technologies’, and only a limited number and type were used with restraint in this conflict,” it said.
The ISPR’s statement expressed concern over growing Indian involvement in terrorism activities in Pakistan, stating that armed forces were effectively conducting counter-terrorism operations in the western region without any pause simultaneously with the conduct of Operation Bunyanum Marsoos.
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“Pakistan also sustained an abnormal and immediate spike in Indian-sponsored terrorism across K-P and Balochistan while it’s armed forces were busy in operations on the eastern front. This further vindicates that India is directly involved in fomenting terrorism in Pakistan, and its proxies were fully operationalised during this time to distract our attention,” it maintained.
The statement further added that ‘Marka-e-Haq’ has been a great example of the synergy between all elements of national power, with overwhelming support of the Pakistani public, to effectively counter the threat to our national sovereignty and territorial integrity.
“No one should doubt that whenever Pakistan’s sovereignty is threatened and territorial integrity violated, the retributive response will be comprehensive and decisive. Pakistan Armed Forces thank and salute the Pakistani nation for its courage, resilience, and fervour during this conflict,” it concluded.
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