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A former Inter-Services Intelligence official,considered to have close links with militant groups,has dismissed the Pakistan governments claim that Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud had been killed in a US drone attack.
Two of my acquaintances were with Hakimullah Mehsud on March 9 while Interior Minister Rehman Malik and Pakistan Army spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas had claimed he was dead early last month, former ISI official Khalid Khawaja,who now heads a rights group,said.
I challenge the government to deny my claim and then I will disclose the names of those who were with the Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan chief on March 9, Khawaja claimed.
Pakistani and US officials have said they had credible information that Hakimullah Mehsud died after being seriously injured in a US drone attack in January.
