Taliban deny contact with ex-MNA

ISLAMABD: The Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan has denied contact with former PML-N lawmaker Javed Ibraheem Paracha hours after the media reports said that TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud telephoned him.

A TTP spokesman said that neither Mehsud nor he talked to Paracha over the telephone. According to earlier reports, Mehsud has made contact with the former Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz lawmaker Javed Ibraheem Paracha.

Paracha had also confirmed that Mehsud had telephoned him and given a list of 50 prisoners, demanding their release.

Paracha said that the prisoners were associated with the TTP and sectarian outfits Sipah-e-Sahaba Pakistan (SSP) and Lashkar-e-Jhangvi (LeJ).