By Sherinzada

Published: November 8, 2013

Mullah Fazlullah has completed his matriculation from Dherai High School, Kanjo, and then his intermediate from Jehanzeb College, Swat. PHOTO: FILE

SWAT: Born in Imam Dherai area of Swat in 1973, Fazlullah’s real name is Fazal Hayat.He was acknowledged for the first time in Swat when he started preaching through the radio, earning him the nickname of ‘Mullah Radio’ in 2005.

The new TTP supremo is the son-in-law of Maulana Sufi Muhammad, the founder of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi (TNSM), a banned outfit that aims to impose Shariah in the country. He also received religious education until grade five from Maulana Sufi’s seminary, Mazharul Uloom in Maidan area of Dir.

When the US invaded Afghanistan after the September 11 attacks, Maulana Sufi Muhammad along with many other people crossed into Afghanistan to fight against the foreign troops. Fazlullah was among them. He was arrested on his way back from Afghanistan and spent 17 months in prison in Dera Ismail Khan. more