Security put on high alert in Peshawar

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PESHAWAR: Security has been put on high alert in Peshawar after killing of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud in drone strike. According to police, deployment of security personnel has been increased at US Consulate, crowded and other sensitive place in the city.
Military police besides FC have also been deployed at US Consulate. Scanning at the check-posts in the Cantt area has also been strictly followed, while police were on high alert at entry and exit points of the city.

TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud killing

The head of the Pakistani Taliban was killed by a U.S. drone strike on Friday. Hakimullah Mehsud, who was believed to be in his mid-30s and was one of Pakistan's most wanted men, has been reported dead several times before.

But late on Friday, several intelligence, army and militant sources across Pakistan confirmed he had been killed in the drone strike in the lawless North Waziristan region.

"We can confirm Hakimullah Mehsud was killed in the drone strike," said one senior security official.

Mehsud took over the Pakistani Taliban in August 2009 after a drone strike killed the previous leader, his mentor.

His bodyguard and driver were also among the dead, they said. "Among the dead, who are in large numbers, are Hakimullah's personal bodyguard Tariq Mehsud and his driver Abdullah Mehsud, two of his closest people," said one intelligence source, adding at least 25 people were killed in the strike.

The U.S. offered $5 million for Mehsud's capture after he appeared in a farewell video with the Jordanian suicide bomber who killed seven CIA employees at a base in Afghanistan in 2009. (GNN) (Geo) (Yoogle)