Pakistan lost over 100 soldiers along LoC during Op Sindoor: DGMO

The Pakistan army suffered over 100 casualties along the Line of Control (LoC) during Operation Sindoor, Director General Military Operations (DGMO) Lt Gen Rajiv Ghai said on Tuesday, citing Pakistan’s own list of posthumous awards announced on August 14.

He also said Pakistan lost at least 12 aircraft during the conflict in May, reiterating details earlier shared by Air Chief Marshal AP Singh.

Addressing a conclave of Chiefs and representatives from 32 UN troop-contributing countries, Lt Gen Ghai said,

“Pakistanis, possibly unwittingly, let out their awards list on August 14. The number of posthumous awards suggests that their casualties on the LoC were in excess of 100. Actions were carried out on the LoC, and we were prepared for this.”

Operation Sindoor, conducted between May 7 and 10, was a tri-services operation, described by Ghai as a fusion of “military precision, diplomatic agility, informational superiority and economic leverage”.

Without naming Pakistan army chief Asim Munir, Lt Gen Ghai said, “It was evident that the Pakistan army and its chief were under duress at the time. There was a need for him to revive not only his image but that of the Pakistan army itself, and the only way known to them was to act as they did, as cowardly as it may have been.”

He highlighted that the operation was accompanied by decisive diplomatic steps, including the temporary suspension of the Indus Waters Treaty following the Pahalgam terror attack, in which 26 civilians were killed.

“India’s military actions were targeted, controlled and non-escalatory, and we openly acknowledged them to maintain credibility,” he said.

He added that all three perpetrators of the Pahalgam attack were tracked down and killed. “It took us 96 days, but we did not let them rest. When these three were found and terminated clinically, it seemed as if they were exhausted from running, and they also seemed malnourished,” he said.

Operation Sindoor targeted nine terror sites, including a Lashkar-e-Taiba hub, and was halted on May 10 after bilateral talks between India and Pakistan.