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Federal Interior Minister Rehman Malik said Baitullah Mehsud was killed along with his wife by a drone attack during the night falling between August 5 and 6. Hakeemullah Mehsud was killed during the firing incidents in Taliban meeting whereas Waliur Rehman and Qari Hussain were wounded, he added. Addressing at National Assembly in Islamabad, he said Hakeemullah Mehsud and Waliur Rehman scuffled with each other with ensuing death of the former. Regarding the huge number of arms and ammunition in possession of the extremists, the interior minister remarked it is only some state that is providing arms and ammunitions. He added that he is raring to give in camera briefing regarding where the extremists get the weapons from and how their network functions.
