‘Annual reminder to Pakistanis’: Ex-Pak envoy roasts own country with photo of Dawn’s 1971 front page post Dhaka surrender

Former Pakistani envoy to US Husain Haqqani took a jab at his own country on Tuesday by posting a picture of Dawn’s front page from December 17, 1971, a day after the surrender of Pakistani forces at Dhaka. In his post, on the occasion of Vijay Diwas, Haqqani said that the newspaper’s banner headline, which reads “WAR TILL VICTORY”, is a stark reminder for his countrymen that “narrative is not a substitute for reality”. “Annual reminder to Pakistanis: Narrative is not a substitute for reality. Front page of Dawn on Dec 17, 1971 – the day after troops surrendered at…