Pak court declares 45 Taliban militants proclaimed offenders

The anti-terrorism court has asked them to appear before it within a week.

An anti-terrorism court in Pakistan’s restive northwest on Wednesday declared 45 pro-Taliban militants,including a son of radical cleric Maulana Sufi Muhammad,as proclaimed offenders and directed them to appear before it within a week.

However,some of the Taliban commanders from the Swat Valley who were declared proclaimed offenders have already been killed by security forces. They include Maulvi Muhammad Alam,Maulana Shah Dauran and Khan Khitab.

The banned Tehrik-e-Nifaz-e-Shariah Muhammadi (TNSM) chief Sufi Muhammad’s son Matiullah,TNSM commander Maulvi Abdul Haq and the organisation’s information secretary Muhammad Iqbal,were also among those declared proclaimed offenders.

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The court directed the proclaimed offenders to appear before it within seven days.

Sufi Muhammad and some members of his family were arrested last year after the collapse of a peace deal he brokered with the Taliban in Swat.

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