Hakimullah Mehsud

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  Pakistan Officials Question Islamic State Funding Claims of Group That Claimed Karachi Bus Attack

  The militant group that said it was behind Wednesday's massacre of 45 commuters in Karachi is a dangerous outfit with ties to Pakistan's Taliban, but intelligence sources voiced doubts about claims it had received financial support from Islamic State.

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  Mullah Fazlullah, Taliban Chief Who Scripted Pakistan School Massacre, Branded Global Terrorist by US

  The US today designated Maulana Fazlullah, the chief of the Pakistani Taliban, as a global terrorist and slapped sanctions against him.

• Pakistani Taliban warns of disastrous days ahead

  Pakistani Taliban has warned that the next few days and weeks would be "disastrous" for the country as the banned outfit vowed to "teach" the government and its security agencies a lesson over the killing of its leader Hakimullah Mehsud in a US drone strike.

• Contacts with Taliban broken after US drone strike killed its chief: Pakistan

  Pakistan government admitted on Monday that all its contacts with the Taliban were broken following the recent killing of the militant organisation's chief in a US drone attack.

• Pakistan army condemns naming Taliban chief martyr

  The Pakistan army has condemned a prominent Islamic political party leader who called the Pakistani Taliban leader killed by a US drone strike a martyr.

• Pakistani Taliban claims killed chief was target of government sorcery

  Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has claimed that the Pakistan government resorted to sorcery to cause headache and body pain to its killed chief Hakimullah Mehsud.

• The $120,000 farmhouse where Pakistan Taliban chief died

  With marble floors, lush green lawns and a towering minaret, the $120,000 farm where feared Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud died in a US drone strike was no grubby mountain cave.

• US dismisses claims drone strike hurt Pakistan peace talks

  The United States brushed aside claims Saturday a drone strike that killed Pakistani Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud had scuttled the government's efforts to launch talks to end a bloody insurgency.

• Pakistan summons US ambassador over drone strike

  Pakistan on Saturday summoned US ambassador to the foreign ministry and lodged a formal protest over the drone strike which killed Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, the foreign ministry said.

• US has 'scuttled' Taliban talks with drone strike: Pakistan minister

  The Pakistani interior minister on Saturday accused the United States of "scuttling" efforts towards peace talks with the Taliban by killing the militants' leader in a drone strike.

• Pakistani Taliban meet to pick Hakimullah Mehsud's successor

  The Pakistani Taliban's ruling council met Saturday to choose a new leader after a US drone strike killed Hakimullah Mehsud, as the government said it was determined to press ahead with peace talks.

• Pakistan Taliban elects new chief; vows 'unprecedented' revenge

  The Pakistani Taliban today named Khan Syed Mehsud alias Sajna as its new chief.

• Pakistan Taliban vows 'unprecedented' revenge for chief Hakimullah Mehsud's killing

  Enraged at the killing of its top leader in a CIA drone strike, the Pakistan Taliban has vowed to take "unprecedented" revenge.

• Pakistan Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud buried

  Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan chief Hakimullah Mehsud, who was killed in a CIA-operated drone strike in the country's restive North Waziristan, was today buried at an unknown location, a media report said.

• 'Sacked' Pakistan Taliban commander backs peace talks

  A senior commander sacked as deputy to Pakistani Taliban Chief Hakimullah Mehsud came out publicly to back peace talks with the government and said that he was not directly informed of his dismissal.