During the first interrogation, the suspect confesses to having orchestrated at least nine major terrorist operations
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In a major breakthrough for counter-terrorism in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, the Counter-Terrorism Department (CTD) Bannu region arrested a much-wanted terrorist commander during an intelligence-based operation in People’s Bazaar, Bannu.
The suspect, identified as Osama, a native of Bannu, is known by organizational aliases “Danial” and “Baghi”. Authorities describe him as an active commander in the newly formed militant outfit ‘Ittihad al-Mujahideen Pakistan’ (IMP), established through cooperation between Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and another group called TTG.
During the first interrogation, Osama confessed to having orchestrated at least nine major terrorist operations. These include the December 2025 attack on Assistant Commissioner Miran Shah Shah Wali Khan, in which the official was attacked, his vehicle set on fire and he was killed. The arrested militant also admitted involvement in the abduction and brutal murder of former Bannu SHO Abid Wazir.
Further revelations link him to the kidnappings and subsequent killings of three prominent leaders of the Lakki Marwat Peace Committee, Ataullah, Farmanullah and Waliullah, who were working for public welfare and regional peace. Osama confessed to abducting two Frontier Corps (FC) personnel and police officers, with one FC member reportedly still in their custody.
Additional confessions include his role in the murder of polio officer Malik Ishaq and his security guard, as well as conducting reconnaissance for sensitive institutions and providing secret photographs and information on police personnel to accomplices.
Osama also revealed that he and his associates set up illegal checkpoints in People’s Bazaar and surrounding areas to harass and intimidate civilians.
