Pakistani Taliban rejects reports of rift in its leadership

Rejecting any rift among its ranks, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) has said they are not mulling to replace Hakimullah Mehsud with Waliur Rehman as new chief of the banned organization.

Spokesman TTP Ehsanullah Ehsan while speaking to media said that the reports have no truth and they held the main shura meeting two weeks back in North Waziristan Agency and all the 42 members attended the meeting chaired by Hakimullah Mehsud.

He further claimed Waliur Rehman and all the other top leadership from Mohmand, Bajaur, Dara Adamkhel and the rest of Pakistan had attended the meeting and reposed confidence in Hakimullah Mehsud besides discussing organisational affairs of the outfit.

Acknowledging the absence of Malakand chief Mualana Fazlullah, he said he was not allowed to travel due to security concerns.

The spokesperson also rejected the claim by a foreign news agencies report that Waliur Rehman has been in touch with the administration and there is a plan he would be entering into some agreement with the government and starting rebellion against Hakimullah Meshud.

Commenting about the change in TTP leadership, he observed, “Until our amir is following the Shariah laws and talking decisions according to the Islamic Shariah, no one is going to defect or rise against him and the reports in this regard are merely propaganda.”

Ruling out any truce with the administration, the spokesperson said the detractors were following dictates from abroad. Answering another query about Hakimullah’s relations with Waliur Rehman and Mulana Fazlullah, he reiterated that there was no problem at all.

While discussing the US withdrawal and the transportation of military hardware back to the United States via Pakistani land route, Ehsanullah said: “We are waiting for this target since long and have already planned to destroy it,” adding that “There is no doubt that this stuff will not go back in one piece, the US and their Pakistani counterparts are one and the same for the TTP and would be targeted alike.”

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