Overview

• A briefly published Samaa TV list named at least 155 personnel as “shaheed” among Independence Day gallantry awards, implying heavier fatalities from India’s May Operation Sindoor strikes.
• The deleted list included 146 Imtiazi Sanad counted as martyrs, 45 Tamgha-e-Basalat (including four posthumous awards), one posthumous Sitara-e-Basalat and four posthumous Tamgha-e-Jurat honours.
• Screenshots of the Independence Day awards list circulated virally after its removal, fueling scrutiny of Pakistan’s unreleased casualty records.
• Pakistan officially honoured personnel killed in the May strikes during its August 14 ceremony, confirming at least one posthumous award for Squadron Leader Usman Yousaf.
• Pakistan’s public statements have cited over 50 losses but have not provided evidence to substantiate claims of 130–155 deaths.