Well, well, well, it seems Pakistan has finally fessed up to taking a bigger hit than it initially let on during India’s oh-so-colorfully named Operation Sindoor on the night of May 6-7. Who knew that a little vermillion could cause such a stir? According to a confidential Pakistani dossier——India’s strikes left a trail of destruction across eight more locations than previously admitted.

The dossier, part of Pakistan’s internal military operation cryptically dubbed Bunyan un Marsoos , reveals that Indian strikes battered structures in Peshawar, Jhang, Hyderabad in Sindh, Gujrat in Punjab, Gujranwala, Bhawalnagar, Attock, and Chor.

Oh, and guess what? These eight spots were conveniently left out of India’s press briefings post their May 7 counteroffensive. It’s almost like India was too busy to talk about every single bullseye they hit. Another map in the dossier even spilled the beans on additional strikes from the night of May 7-8. Talk about a double feature.

By May 10, with its tail between its legs, the Shehbaz Sharif-led government waved a white flag, calling for a ceasefire just three days after India’s Operation Sindoor turned terror hideouts in Pakistan and Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir (PoK) into rubble.

Satellite images from Maxar Technologies—because who needs spies when you have satellites?—later revealed the carnage: four Pakistani air bases, including Nur Khan in Rawalpindi, PAF Base Mushaf in Sargodha, Bholari, and PAF Base Shahbaz in Jacobabad, were left looking like they’d hosted a demolition derby.

And let’s not forget the terror infrastructure. Before-and-after satellite snaps of the Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah in Bahawalpur, the operational HQ of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), showed it reduced to a pile of debris. Muridke’s terror facilities didn’t fare much better. Meanwhile, whispers of repair work at Bholari Airbase suggest Pakistan’s scrambling to patch up its wounded pride.

Operation Sindoor, for those who missed the memo, was India’s response to the April 22 Pahalgam terror attack, which killed 26 innocent tourists and was claimed by The Resistance Front (TRF), a Lashkar-e-Taiba offshoot, backed by Pakistan. India’s retaliation was swift, precise, and apparently quite colorful, wiping out over 100 terrorists cozying up in Pakistan’s backyard.

So, Pakistan, maybe next time don’t underestimate the power of a well-placed pinch of sindoor. It stings more than you think.