When a documentary keeps you up till 2 AM: Pakistani military officials react to Discovery's Operation Sindoor film
Declassified: Operation Sindoor featured accounts from leaders including NSA Ajit Doval and Army Chief General Upendra Dwivedi about the operation.
The Pakistani Army expressed sleepless frustration over Discovery's documentary series Declassified: Operation Sindoor, premiering on 15 August. The two-part series, featuring senior Indian military officials, portrayed the operation launched in response to the Pahalgam terror attack in April 2025. In a midnight statement, the Pakistani Army's Director General of Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) dismissed the documentary as a "highly dramatised, coloured and factually inaccurate account."
Lieutenant General Ahmed Sharif criticized the documentary for lacking nuance and seriousness, highlighting contradictions in its portrayal of the Pahalgam attack and the operation's conclusion. Pakistan also accused the documentary of drawing a false link between a Pakistan Army chief's address and the Pahalgam attack. The ISPR's statement reiterated unsubstantiated claims made by US President Donald Trump regarding Pakistan downing Indian fighter jets.
The military conflict, which lasted nearly four days, concluded on May 10 following an understanding between the two nuclear-armed nations.
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