Ex-Pakistan Star Slams Deputy PM For Calling Pahalgam Attack Terrorists 'Freedom Fighters'

Former Pakistan cricket team spinner Danish Kaneria slammed Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar for calling the Pahalgam attack terrorists 'freedom fighters'. Kaneria had previously criticised Pakistan Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif as well for his silence on the terrorist attack in Jammu and Kashmir. The attack in Pahalgam was the deadliest assault in the Kashmir Valley since the 2019 Pulwama attack. While the incident resulted in a lot of criticism from all around the world, Ishaq Dar made a bizarre claim by calling the terrorists "freedom fighters". Kaneria was left fuming by the comment as he called it  ‘disgraceful' and said that this is "an open admission of state-sponsored terrorism".

"When the Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan calls terrorists “freedom fighters,” it's not just a disgrace - it's an open admission of state-sponsored terrorism,” Kaneria posted on X (formerly Twitter).

When the Deputy Prime Minister of Pakistan calls terrorists “freedom fighters,” it's not just a disgrace — it's an open admission of state-sponsored terrorism. pic.twitter.com/QlS1UDzq20

Meanwhile, wo-time Olympic medallist javelin thrower Neeraj Chopra on Friday hit out at those targetting him for inviting Pakistan's javelin thrower Arshad Nadeem for the Neeraj Chopra Classic, saying it was just an "invite from one athlete to another", sent before the Pahalgam terror attack.

The Tokyo Olympics gold medallist and Paris Games silver medallist added that it "hurts" him to see he and his family being abused and their integrity being questioned.

Chopra had invited Nadeem, who had beaten the Indian at the Paris Olympic last year to win gold, for the inaugural edition of the Neeraj Chopra Classic to be held in Bengaluru on May 24.

Nadeem had