During the four-day conflict between India and Pakistan in May, Islamabad didn’t just fire missiles and drones— it also waged a misinformation war. Indian forces not only repelled the military attacks but also tore apart Pakistan’s propaganda playbook. Now, in a brazen bid to rewrite history, Pakistan has enshrined a distorted version of the mini-war into its school textbooks.

These textbooks spin a fanciful tale: that India instigated the hostilities, the Pakistani army destroyed Indian airbases in retaliation, and the biggest bluff of all—that Pakistan "won" the war.

FICTION IN TEXTBOOKS

Falsehood 1: India as aggressor

Pak textbook: On 6 May 2025, Indian forces launched an attack on Pakistan, falsely accusing it of being involved in a deadly attack in Pahalgam, a town in Indian-

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