The North West Frontier Province (NWFP) government has announced bounty of millions for those who would provide concrete information or assist the security forces in arresting twenty-one key leaders of the Tehrik-e-Taleban Pakistan (TTP). The announcement came late Wednesday night. NWFP Information Minister Mian Iftikhar Hussain said that Rs4 million will be awarded for the help to arrest of Fazlullah, Rs. 4 million over arrest of Haji Muslim Khan, Rs5 million over arrest of Naib Ameer TTP Shah Doran, Rs3 million over commander Qari Mushtaq Gali, Rs3 million over arrest of commander Koza Bandah Mehmood Khan, Rs2 million over arrest of commander Kabal Akber Hussain, Rs1 million over commander Charbagh Sher Muhammad Kasab, Rs3 million over commander Malam Jabba Sirajuddin, Rs3 million over Matta Bakht Farzandi, Rs1 million over local commander Koza Bandah Mian Fazal Gahfoor, Rs1 million over Matta Nisar Ahmed, Rs1 million over Baraymian Torobanda Lal Deen and others. People would continue questioning credibility of the ongoing operation in Malakand unless the security forces succeed in eliminating the top militants in the shortest possible time. Iftikhar Hussain said there were unconfirmed reports about the killing of Fazlullah as a result of air strikes in Shamozai, Swat. However, he added that neither the security forces had found any bodies of prominent commanders nor had other sources confirmed the killing of any top brass of the Taleban militants. He said the provincial government had announced a huge reward for those informing about the whereabouts of Taleban commanders or their bodies, hoping that the Taleban were on the run and facing human casualties in Swat, Buner and Lower Dir districts where the security forces had gained tremendous achievements. The minister said the law-enforcement agencies had arrested some 30 militants from the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps as some of the militants had escaped in the guise of IDPs. He said the registration of IDPs would be further scrutinized and added that confusion over the actual strength of IDPs was due to double registration at entry points and camps. The minister said the total number of IDPs from Swat, Buner and Lower Dir districts had reached 3,33,995 families or 25,19,973 individuals, including 18,900 families or 1,11,823 living in different designated camps. Hussain said the provincial government has directed all official functionaries and police forces to rejoin duties to make the civil administration functional and restore the writ of government in those areas, which had been cleared by the security forces in the troubled districts.
