Head money: K-P govt offers Rs10m bounty for TTP chief
Also announces Rs10m reward on LeI chief Mangal Bagh
The names of Fazlullah and Mangal Bagh feature on the list that includes high-profile militants and proclaimed offenders from 22 districts of the province and adjoining tribal areas.. PHOTO: AFP
PESHAWAR:
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has announced a Rs10 million reward for information leading to the arrest or death of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah and Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh Afridi, sources said on Monday.
The provincial government has prepared a list of 615 high-profile militants and proclaimed offenders and is offering a combined bounty of Rs760 million, highly credible sources told Express News. The names of Fazlullah and Mangal Bagh feature on the list that includes high-profile militants and proclaimed offenders from 22 districts of the province and adjoining tribal areas.
According to official documents, a copy of which is available with Express News, 213 militants and proclaimed offenders wanted to the police in various crimes belong to Peshawar district followed by 59 from Swat, 46 each from Kohat and DI Khan and 31 from Dir Upper district.
Similarly, 26 militants hail from Mardan district, 25 from Charsadda, 20 each from Nowshera and Buner, 18 from Bannu, 15 each from Lakki Marwat, Hangu and Dir Lower, eight from Mansehra, seven from Kohistan, five from Haripur, four from Batagram, three from Abbottabad and two each from Shangla and Chitral districts. Interestingly, the list does not include any name from Karak and Torghar districts. The bounties for these militants and proclaimed offenders range between Rs0.5 million and Rs10 million, officials said.
On April 29, 2014, the provincial finance department had sent back a list of high-profile militants prepared by the police office for approval of bounty after it transpired that several names featured on the list more than once. The list – prepared by the police office and counter-terrorism department – included the names of around 320 high-profile militants.
The list had been sent to the chief minister for approval of head money but when it reached the finance department, officials there refused to approve the amount calculated at over Rs1.5 billion after they found that a number of names were mentioned twice. The list was subsequently sent back to the home department with observations.
A total of seven lists have been prepared so far with names of different high-profile militants in each. The first was made on March 21, the second on 26th, third on 27th, fourth on 28th, fifth on 30th and sixth on April 1, 2014 while the last list was finalised in 2015.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 6th, 2015.
The Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government has announced a Rs10 million reward for information leading to the arrest or death of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Mullah Fazlullah and Lashkar-e-Islam chief Mangal Bagh Afridi, sources said on Monday.
The provincial government has prepared a list of 615 high-profile militants and proclaimed offenders and is offering a combined bounty of Rs760 million, highly credible sources told Express News. The names of Fazlullah and Mangal Bagh feature on the list that includes high-profile militants and proclaimed offenders from 22 districts of the province and adjoining tribal areas.
According to official documents, a copy of which is available with Express News, 213 militants and proclaimed offenders wanted to the police in various crimes belong to Peshawar district followed by 59 from Swat, 46 each from Kohat and DI Khan and 31 from Dir Upper district.
Similarly, 26 militants hail from Mardan district, 25 from Charsadda, 20 each from Nowshera and Buner, 18 from Bannu, 15 each from Lakki Marwat, Hangu and Dir Lower, eight from Mansehra, seven from Kohistan, five from Haripur, four from Batagram, three from Abbottabad and two each from Shangla and Chitral districts. Interestingly, the list does not include any name from Karak and Torghar districts. The bounties for these militants and proclaimed offenders range between Rs0.5 million and Rs10 million, officials said.
On April 29, 2014, the provincial finance department had sent back a list of high-profile militants prepared by the police office for approval of bounty after it transpired that several names featured on the list more than once. The list – prepared by the police office and counter-terrorism department – included the names of around 320 high-profile militants.
The list had been sent to the chief minister for approval of head money but when it reached the finance department, officials there refused to approve the amount calculated at over Rs1.5 billion after they found that a number of names were mentioned twice. The list was subsequently sent back to the home department with observations.
A total of seven lists have been prepared so far with names of different high-profile militants in each. The first was made on March 21, the second on 26th, third on 27th, fourth on 28th, fifth on 30th and sixth on April 1, 2014 while the last list was finalised in 2015.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 6th, 2015.