Islamabad, Aug 11 (PTI) Pakistan government today challenged the Taliban to prove that the terror group's chief Baitullah Mehsud was alive, maintaining that it has "credible and substantial evidence" about the death of the militant commander in a US missile strike.
Pakistani and US officials have said they are certain that Mehsud was killed in a drone attack in South Waziristan on July 5. However, Taliban commanders, including Mehsud's deputy Hakimullah, have claimed that he is alive.
"We have credible and substantial evidence about death of Baitullah Mehsud... now Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan should prove if he is alive," Interior Minister Rehman Malik said.
"It is not my job to provide evidence of Baitullah's demise...If Hakimullah claims of having met with Baitullah, he could also videotape this meeting and provide it to the media for a proof," the minister told reporters here.
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