| He can't surrender this week. His turban's at the cleaners... |
 WANA: Wanted tribal Taliban commander Baitullah Mehsud will give himself up to the judicial magistrate of Ladah sub-division in South Waziristan Agency on Monday, a government official said on Thursday. "Baitullah has agreed to surrender on February 7 (Monday)," FATA security chief Brig (r) Mehmood Shah told Daily Times. He said a simple function would mark the militant's surrender to the government. "We hope his supporters will also appear before the judicial magistrate — assistant political agent — of Ladah, Arshad Naveed," Brig Shah said. In Wana, tribal elder Malik Mehsud told Daily Times that Baitullah was not surrendering to the government because he did not need to do this as he was a Pakistani national and being a citizen of this country he had certain rights. "He will come to the February 7 function to prove that he is loyal to Pakistan," the tribal elder added. |