Fifteen months after India’s precision strikes under Operation Sindoor flattened terrorist outfit Jaish-e-Mohammed’s (JeM) complex in Pakistan’s Bahawalpur, new satellite imagery indicates that the terror facility has been reconstructed and is once again operational.
It has been completely rebuilt, according to a report that cites visuals from the site. The camp, located in Pakistan’s Punjab province, has been restored, according to a report by India Today. High-resolution images now reveal fresh cement work, repaired domes, and renewed activity inside the compound—signs that JeM’s infrastructure has been restored despite international scrutiny.
Indian Air Force had struck JeM’s headquarters on May 7, 2025, in retaliation for the Pahalgam terror attack in April last year that claimed 26 lives. The site, known as Markaz Subhan Allah, was among nine locations in Pakistan and Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir that was targeted by India in May 2025.
Located roughly 100 kilometres from Pakistan’s National Highway 5, the Bahawalpur complex has long served as the ideological and logistical hub of JeM, led by UN-designated terrorist Masood Azhar. The rebuilt structure, intelligence sources say, bears visible differences from the damaged version photographed after the Indian strike, which showed shattered domes and debris scattered across the premises.
The reconstruction reportedly began in early 2026, with the damaged portions razed and new sections raised over several months. Among the damaged buildings were the Madrasa Al-Sabir and residential quarters used by JeM commanders.
According to intelligence assessments, the rebuilding was financed through online fundraising campaigns linked to JeM-affiliated social media accounts. Digital wallets and anonymous transfers were allegedly used to collect donations under the guise of “community restoration.”
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The renewed activity at the site has reignited concerns about Pakistan’s willingness, or ability, to curb militant networks operating from its soil. Sources cited by the news outlet, said the Pakistani government, allegedly with the involvement of the Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), provided approximately Rs 25 crore in instalments towards the reconstruction of the complex. Of this amount, around Rs 11 crore was reportedly allocated to the restoration of its central hall, Markaz Subhanallah.
The complex has reportedly functioned as a centre for terror indoctrination and training, where recruits underwent regular weapons practice, physical drills, and religious instruction. Following Operation Sindoor, terror groups such as JeM, HM, and LeT were reportedly believed to have relocated their bases to Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) province.
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Operation Sindoor, India’s most extensive cross-border counter-terror operation by Indian Air Force since Balakot in 2019, launched overnight on May 6-7, 2025, targeted nine terror installations, including JeM’s Bahawalpur base and Lashkar-e-Taiba’s headquarters in Muridke. Twenty-six missiles were fired in the coordinated strikes. JeM chief Masood Azhar later admitted that several of his family members, including his sister, brother-in-law, and five children, were killed in the Bahawalpur attack.
Indian intelligence officials are reportedly interpreting the rapid pace of reconstruction as evidence that the infrastructure targeted in Operation Sindoor may not have been permanently dismantled.
