LeT rebuilding its hq wrecked in Indian strikes

The LeT plans to complete the reconstruction before February 5, 2026, which is observed as Kashmir Solidarity Day by Pakistan, and it also coincides with the outfit's annual Kashmir-focused Jihad convention.

According to intelligence sources, the terror organisation recently fully demolished the damaged structures at the Muridke headquarters.

Among the structures damaged in the airstrikes were three core buildings. While a two-storeyed structure was used for storing weapons, the remaining two buildings were for training facilities and accommodation.

The buildings were severely damaged in the strikes, the sources said.

On August 18, the LeT deployed JCB machines to demolish the damaged structures and by the second week of September, the entire complex had been reduced to rubble and debris clearance work was going on when the last intelligence reports came.

The supervision of the demolition work was done by Markaz Taiba's director, Maulana Abu Zar, and commander of operation (oversight), Yunus Shah Bukhari.

In July, the training and accommodation facilities were shifted to Markaz Yarmouk in Pakistan's Kasur district.

The intelligence sources said during the May 7-10 conflict with India, Pakistan had publicly announced financing reconstruction of the LeT and JeM's facilities. Under this, Rs 4 crore was allotted to the LeT for the Markaz Taiba reconstruction.

The projected cost as per the LeT’s internal estimates exceeds Rs 15 crore for full reconstruction of the headquarters.

Interestingly, the official narrative being given by the Pakistan government is that relief is being doled out to flood victims, both through offline and online methods. However, the actual objective was to channelise funds into the reconstruction of LeT's headquarters, said the sources.

The sources said during the 2005 earthquake, which had caused widespread damages and loss of lives in Pakistan as well as in PoK, the LeT had raised billions of rupees under the pretence of humanitarian aid under its front Jamaat-ud-Dawa.

In fact, around 80 per cent of the funds were reportedly diverted into terror infrastructure at that time, they added.