Islamabad: Pakistani security official on Friday claimed that the banned outfit Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) is preparing to attack media offices, which condemned the banned outfit for attacking 14 year old peace activist Malala Yousafzai.
Malala, a National Peace Award winner and young Pakistani rights activist, along with three other schoolmates sustained bullet injuries when some unknown assailants opened fire on their school van in Mingora early in the day.
TTP had accepted the responsibility of the attack on Malala Yousufzai on Oct 9 and justified the attack with their interpretation of the Sharia (Islamic law).
According to reports in BBC Urdu, TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud issued special directions to his subordinate terrorists located in different cities of Pakistan to target national and international media organizations.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the official said that intelligence agencies have intercepted the telephonic conversation of Hakeemullah Mehsud with one of his sub-ordinate Nadeem Abbas alias ‘Intiqami’ in which Mehsud was directing Abbas to attack media organizations across Pakistan.
The Interior Ministry has issued orders to beef up the security near the offices of media organisations in the country after tracing Mehsud’s call, the official informed.
Interior Ministry has also issued directions to the religious scholars, who had publicly denounced the Taliban, to be cautious, the official informed.
Moreover, the official said that Chief Commissioner Islamabad and chief secretaries of the four provinces have been directed to hold meetings with media owners and address their security concerns.
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