The Jaish terror centre is located inside a mosque called Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah on Bahawalpur's outskirts, along National Highway 5, the investigation suggests.

Jaish-e-Mohammad head Masood Azhar, the real architect of the deadly Pulwama attack, receives the same military protection in Pakistan's Punjab province as Osama bin Laden did in the military town of Abbottabad, India Today's open-source investigation shows.

Bin Laden lived in comfort behind the walls of a private compound around a mountainous garrison, a km-and-a-half from the Pakistan Military Academy. The al Qaeda leader was killed by US Special Forces on May 2, 2011.

India Today's open-source intelligence team has pin-pointed the Jaish den in Bahawalpur, the 12th largest city of Pakistan's Punjab.

The probe shows Masood Azhar's headquarters minutes away from the army cantonment in the area.

The Jaish terror centre is located inside a mosque called Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah on Bahawalpur's outskirts, along National Highway 5, the investigation suggests.

Once a basic structure, the mosque was rebuilt less than a decade ago.

In 2011, Jaish-e-Mohammad raised funds for building the complex.

Jaish fundraising for Bahawalpur's Subhan Allah mosque via front called Al Rahmat Trust in 2011.

Another pamphlet asking for funds for Jaish. Year: 2011. Location: Bahawalpur

Another pamphlet asking for funds for Jaish. Year: 2011. Location: Bahawalpur

The Jaish headquarters disguised as a mosque is not located in a random civilian neighbourhood.

Location: NH5, Bahawalpur.

India Today's open-source intelligence crew spotted an F-6 fighter plane on public display at a roundabout called Saraiki Chowk in Bahawalpur, barely a kilometre from the Jamia Masjid Subhan Allah.

Subhan Allah Mosque, Masood's Den, Bahawalpur

Eight kilometres away is Bahawalpur's cantonment, home to the headquarters of Pakistan's 31 Corps, an army unit of 30,000 troops.

Some reports suggest the zone even has a secret nuclear facility disguised as a nuclear oncology institute.

31 Corps, Bahawalpur Cantonment

In an interview in 2012, Imran Khan, as chief of the Tehreek-e-Insaaf chief, promised to root out anti-India terror if voted to power.

"When we build a new Pakistan, we will give you evidence of our action. It's my word to you that we would allow nobody to capitalize politics of hate," he told the India Today Group back then.

But the world found the former cricketer on an unnerving crease after his ascension as the prime minister of Pakistan.

In October last year, Masood Azhar issued an audacious appeal to Khan for a terror attack on India. The Jaish-e-Mohammad struck Pulwama this Thursday.