Former Pakistan cricket team spinner Danish Kaneria slammed Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar for calling the Pahalgam attack terrorists 'freedom fighters'.

As India began a counter-offensive against Islamabad following a terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam, Pakistan's Foreign Minister and Deputy Prime Minister Ishaq Dar referred to the terrorists as "freedom fighters".

Even as Pakistan condemned the recent attack and denied claims of harbouring terror outfits, while speaking to reporters in Islamabad, Dar said, "Those who carried out attacks in Jammu and Kashmir's Pahalgam district on April 22 might be freedom fighters".

His words come a day after India suspended the 1960 Indus Waters Treaty in a major diplomatic move against Pakistan. On Wednesday evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired the Cabinet Committee for Security, which made the decision. In response to the heinous terror attack, New Delhi cancelled all visas issued to Pakistanis, even those visiting for medical reasons.

Danish Kaneria was unhappy with Ishaq Dar’s insensitive words. The Pahalgam terrorist attacks were the deadliest assault in the Kashmir Valley since the 2019 Pulwama attack. 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).