Mullah Fazlullah’s nephew nabbed in NWFP

PESHAWAR - Pakistani security forces have claimed arresting a nephew of Mullah Fazlullah, the Swat chapter Taliban chief, along with three other wanted extremists.

According to official sources, the arrest was made from the North West Frontier Province’s Nowshera District.

Offcials did not disclose the name of Fazlullah’s nephew but said that he was one of the key militant commanders of the region and was very close to Fazlullah, The Dawn reports.

Local police officials, however, said they were unaware about any such arrest being made in the region.

On the other hand, intelligence agencies confirmed the arrest in a pre-dawn raid on a house in the Pir Sabaq area of the district. (ANI)