India, May 12 -- Hotmail's India-born founder Sabeer Bhatia is facing backlash over a pro-Pakistan news story he has shared on social media. The piece - titled "How Chinese Missiles Routed India's Air Force Over Pakistan" - was published on May 8 in the American bimonthly magazine The National Interest.

In the controversial piece, author Brandon J Weichert claimed an "unambiguous victory for Pakistan" in the India-Pak conflict. Weichert repeated the Pakistan government's claim of shooting down five Indian Air Force jets - including three Rafales - using Chinese-made PL-15 air-to-air missiles.

"Their [Pakistan's] successful engagement downing five IAF warplanes is a tremendous blow to the IAF, as well as to India's military," read the pi...