Terrorists must not be called by any other name, says Pakistan information minister

Information Minister Attaullah Tarar has strongly condemned the use of the term 'militants' to describe terrorists, asserting that such language obscures the reality of their actions. "Terrorists are terrorists, they have no caste, colour, creed or religion," Tarar stated, emphasizing that they must not be called by any other name.

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Terrorists must not be called by any other name.

His comments came in response to a news report by TRT World that referred to the attackers in a recent terrorist incident at a Rangers facility in Karachi as 'militants.' The attack resulted in the martyrdom of three security personnel. Tarar insisted that the incident was unequivocally a terrorist attack that claimed innocent lives.

The minister's statements follow the military's announcement of the capture of one of the terrorists involved in the Karachi attack. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) identified the captured individual as an Afghan national with ties to the Indian proxy group Jaamatul Ahrar. According to ISPR, the terrorist and his accomplices received training in Afghanistan before infiltrating Pakistan to carry out the attack.

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Terrorists are terrorists, they have no caste, colour, creed or religion.

Earlier, Pakistan's Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the Afghan charge d’affaires to lodge a strong protest over the Karachi terrorist attack. Islamabad has consistently urged the Taliban administration in Kabul to dismantle terrorist sanctuaries on Afghan soil, which are reportedly used to launch attacks into Pakistan. Officials have expressed that these appeals have largely gone unheeded.

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The Karachi attack was a terrorist attack in which innocent people were killed.