ISLAMABAD: Pakistan’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting has rejected an Indian media report claiming that the Subhanallah Mosque complex in Bahawalpur was being reconstructed with Rs250 million in state financing following damage during India’s Operation Sindoor.
In a fact-check issued on Tuesday, the ministry described the claim attributed to the Times of India as false and accused Indian media of promoting an unsupported narrative surrounding the Bahawalpur site.
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The ministry disputed the reported claim of Rs250 million in government financing for reconstruction of the Subhanallah Mosque complex.
It linked the report to what it described as a broader pattern of Indian media narratives following the Pakistan-India confrontation associated with Operation Sindoor and Pakistan’s response, referred to by Islamabad as Marka-e-Haq.
The ministry maintained that attempts were being made to retrospectively reshape the narrative surrounding the confrontation through allegations that it said were not backed by independently established facts.
It also referred to a recent Indian documentary on Operation Sindoor, alleging that the production relied on dramatised reconstruction, selective editing and a Bollywood-style presentation rather than providing an independently verifiable account.
According to the ministry, both the documentary and the latest media report should be viewed as narrative-building exercises rather than evidence-based accounts.
The fact-check further accused Indian media of repeatedly circulating allegations, intelligence claims and official messaging without adequate supporting evidence.
It said the Times of India report fitted what the ministry described as a recurring pattern in which allegations were presented as established facts before a broader narrative was built around them.
The ministry characterised the practice as “narrative engineering” through distraction, deflection and disinformation, arguing that unverified claims should be subjected to scrutiny rather than amplified.
The rebuttal concluded with the message: “Truth Prevails over Falsehood.”
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