In just 15 months after the Jaish-e-Mohammed's (JeM) headquarters in Pakistan's Bahawalpur was badly hit by Indian precision strikes under Operation Sindoor, new footage claims that the facility is back on its feet again.
The Markaz Subhan Allah had been one of nine terrorist camps that India's armed forces had struck as part of the May 2025 operation, which it said was a response to the Pahalgam attack of April that year, for which Pakistan was blamed.
The facility's damaged domes, rubble-filled interiors, and impact craters in the central hall have now reportedly been restored using large sums of state-sponsored funds, with most of the blast damage either hidden or fixed.
Visuals purportedly from the restored Bahawalpur facility show its rebuilt domes, updated interior plastering, fresh paint, and premium marble flooring. However, THE WEEK could not independently verify this footage.
According to a Times of India report, the impact craters within the central hall have been filled with concrete, while damaged satellite buildings—including the Al Sabir seminary and housing units for the JeM top brass—were demolished and built again from scratch.
The report added, citing intelligence sources, that this reconstruction alone cost PKR 110 million, which was part of PKR 250 million in cash, disbursed to the proscribed terrorist outfit by Pakistani authorities.
With JeM chief Masood Azhar incapacitated by health issues, the day-to-day command of the Bahawalpur facility has fallen onto his brothers, Talha Al Saif and Mohinuddin Aurangzeb (also known as Ammar Alvi). This also comes as Azhar and Rauf Asghar continue to obtain government protection in the Nawabshah district of Sindh, as per the report.
Notably, back when the Bahawalpur facility had been in ruins, reports revealed that ISI officials had met with senior leaders of Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT), Hizbul Mujahideen and LeT proxy The Resistance Front—which claimed responsibility for the Pahalgam attack—in Bahawalpur.
It was only a few months later—in about May—that it was revealed that reconstruction work was going on in full swing for the Bahawalpur facility.
