What is the government’s new name for the TTP?

Journalist Iftikhar Firdous has posted on X, formerly Twitter, that Pakistan’s interior ministry has ordered all government officials to use the term “Fitna al Khawarij” (FaK) for the banned terrorist organisation Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) in all official documents.

According to the notification issued by the interior ministry, TTP has tried to damage Islam by distorting its image.

Historically, the Kharijites were an Islamic sect which emerged during the first civil war, called the First Fitna, in the Islamic community.

The website Islamqa.info defines Khawarij as followers of whims and desires who have deviated from the path of Sunnat.

Social media reacted sarcastically to this government decision.