On 7
Nov 2013 Maulana Fazlullah was
elected by the Pakistani Taliban as its new chief, succeeding Hakimullah Mehsud
who was killed in a U.S. drone strike in North Waziristan on 1st nov
2013.
"Fazlullah
has been elected as the new chief," Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP)
spokesman Shahidullah Shahid told reporters.
Maulana
Fazlullah, (born 1974) nicknamed the "Radio
Mullah" or "Mullah Radio", is the leader of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi
(TNSM), a banned Pakistani Islamic fundamentalist militant group allied to the Pakistani
Taliban, that aims to enforce Sharia in the country. He is sometimes referred
to as "chief" of the Swat Taliban and is the son-in-law of the TNSM's
founder, Sufi Muhammad.
Known for his ruthlessness, Fazlullah was nicknamed "Mullah
Radio" for his fiery sermons on an illegal FM station while heading a
parallel administration in Swat Valley, 160 km from Islamabad, during 2007-09.
Fazlullah
rose to prominence as a leader of the banned
Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariah-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), which merged with the TTP in 2007
following the military crackdown on extremists holed up in Lal Masjid in
Islamabad.
Mullah
Fazlullah, who ordered the assassination of teenage activist Malala Yusufzai
and led a brutal rule in Swat Valley.
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