Dr Zaidi said during the course of a lecture at the University of Karachi that much of what was taught in Pakistani textbooks was far from the truth and that the 1965 war an example, where, he said Pakistan had lost.
Dr. Akbar Zaidi is free to have his opinions. https://t.co/5m0DZT6L3P
— Pakistan Defence (@defencepk) September 5, 2015
With Love for Al Bakistan from Dr Akbar S. Zaidi. ‘We lost terribly in the 1965 war’ https://t.co/H6HDkqMhiY — Salman Sikandar (@SALSIKandar) September 5, 2015
Sept 6: A day to deny that Akbar Zaidi is one of my closest friends, Air Marshal Nur Khan was a relative and that I once worked for Dawn…
— Talat Aslam (@titojourno) September 5, 2015
wow Historian Dr Akbar S Zaidi urged people to read Shuja Nawaz’s book Crossed Swords & suddenly #DawnPawnOfModi ? pic.twitter.com/zRSXrSSJ9C — سيدنا (@Syednaa) September 5, 2015
@MohammadIlyasKh hazoor, Akbar Zaidi gave another extreme view re 65 war. It is as distorted as the one presented by extreme right wing
— AmirZia (@AmirZia1) September 5, 2015
Expct trolls to be trolls but didn’t expect Dawn to succumb n change headline, remove strory frm home https://t.co/OYJjH87XtN #DawnPawnOfModi — Hassaan Khan (@HassaanKahn) September 5, 2015
Those ranting against Akbar Zaidi, read this:https://t.co/xM45PBtxrz oh forget it reading is for losers. why read when you can just google
— mohammedhanif (@mohammedhanif) September
Just one look at #DawnPawnOfModi trend and you know what is wrong with our educational system
— Zahid Abdullah (@XahidAbdullah) September 5, 2015
4 Sep: Ppl, Brace yourselves! Libido-llectuals will soon unleash Op-Eds, Blogs & Editorials to present an ‘alternative’ view to the #1965War
— Pakistan Army (@Pakistan_Army) September 4, 2015