‘Don’t call us terrorists and extremists,’ TTP issues warning to Pak media

“You call us terrorists and extremists, which shows your bias…stop it or you will be responsible for making enemies,” Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) said in a statement addressed to the Pakistani media and journalists.

“It discredits your profession, so from now on, call us by our name, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan,” read the statement.

“If you fail to do so, you will not only be doing injustice to your profession but will be responsible for making enemies,” the statement further added.

Twitter reacted to the TTP statement.

Journalist Azaz Syed wrote, “#TTP issues a latest threat to media in #Pakistan.”

#TTP issues a latest threat to media in #Pakistan saying that, “ u name us as terrorists and extremists which reflect ur partiality, we should be addressed as TTP, in case you would not only be doing injustice to your profession but will also be responsible for making enemies,”. pic.twitter.com/lb9oXnqjIV

— Azaz Syed (@AzazSyed) September 6, 2021

Journalist Ziyad Faisal wrote, “Notification rejected. My desk will refer to TTP as ‘the banned/outlawed TTP’ & to their activities as ‘terrorist attacks’ – & nothing will ever change that.”

Notification rejected. My desk will refer to TTP as "the banned/outlawed TTP" & to their activities as "terrorist attacks" – & nothing will ever change that🤷‍♂️ https://t.co/jCva84F8wX

— Ziyad Faisal Ismaili 🔻✊🔻 زیاد فیصل اسماعیلی (@Ziyad_F_I) September 6, 2021

Four personnel of the paramilitary Frontier Corps (FC) were martyred and 21 others injured in a suicide bombing at a convoy on Quetta-Mastung road on Sunday in Balochistan.

TTP claimed responsibility for the attack in a statement released to CNN.