Twitter has permanently suspended the account of a former spokeswoman for the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) after she allegedly threatened to target Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai for a second time.
According to the news agency AP, Twitter has permanently removed the alleged account of former TTP spokesman Ehsan Ehsan.
The account attributed to Ehsanullah Ehsan could not be independently verified.
Earlier on Twitter, Malala Yousafzai reacted immediately to the threatening statement by questioning Prime Minister Imran Khan and a Pakistan Army spokesman about escaping from government custody.
Rauf Hassan, an adviser to the prime minister, said the government was investigating the threat and asked Twitter to immediately suspend the account.
The former spokesman of the banned TTP has given interviews to various organizations after escaping from the custody of the government and has also been talking to journalists through the said Twitter account.
According to reports, Ehsanullah Ehsan has more than one Twitter account and all accounts have been suspended.
It may be recalled that on February 16, Malala Yousafzai had said in her tweet that "the former spokesperson of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had claimed responsibility for the attack on several innocent people and me. He is now threatening people on social media."
Malala Yousafzai had said in a question that 'DG ISP and Imran Khan! How did he escape?
Ehsanullah Ehsan had said on Twitter that 'Malala ji! You come to your first house soon, there is still a lot of reckoning with you and your father.
The account stated that "the debt owed to you is to be recovered from you, this time an expert will be sent for the calculation so that no doubt remains."
Malala Yousafzai was attacked by unknown individuals near Mingora, the capital of Swat, on October 9, 2012, along with two other female students, and evidence of Taliban involvement in the attack was later found.
Malala Yousafzai, who was critically injured in the attack, was later transferred to the UK for treatment and then moved to the UK, where she received several other international awards, including the Nobel Prize and the Star of Courage, during her stay in the UK.
Malala Yousafzai enrolled at the prestigious Oxford University during her stay in the UK, where she graduated in June this year at the age of 22.
Recently, he had said in an interview that "Swat Pakistan has always been the first home and it is dear to me. I wish I could go to Pakistan soon and see my home again."
It may be recalled that on April 17, 2017, the Pakistan Army had claimed that former spokesman of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), Ehsanullah Ehsan, had surrendered to the security forces.
In early February last year, there were reports that Ehsanullah Ehsan had allegedly managed to escape from the custody of security forces.
Later, on February 17, former federal interior minister Ijaz Shah confirmed media reports about Ehsanullah Ehsan's escape.
The first alleged audiotape of Ihsanullah Ihsan, a former spokesman for the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), came to light in February 2020, in which he revealed that he had escaped from the custody of Pakistani security authorities on January 11, 2020.
He claimed to be in Turkey, while several sources believe the former spokesman for the terrorist group was in Afghanistan.
In an audio message, Liaquat Ali, known as Ihsanullah Ihsan, a former spokesman for the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP), said he had surrendered to Pakistani security forces on February 5, 2017, under an agreement.
He claimed that he had kept his promises but accused Pakistani officials of violating them, saying he and his family had been detained.
Later, the Senate Standing Committee on Home Affairs sought a detailed report on Ehsanullah Ehsan's alleged flight from the country, and on February 13, the family of Martyrs Army Public School (APS) Peshawar asked Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Gulzar Ahmed.
In their petition to the Chief Justice, the families of 15 students who were martyred in the tragedy had said, "We, the families, are deeply shocked to hear the news of the alleged escape of Ehsanullah Ehsan and his family after spending almost three years in government custody." '
The petition said that the ruthless terrorist claimed responsibility for the attack on the Army Public School in which 147 students and teachers were martyred.
In August last year, the Director General (DG) of the Pakistan Army's Public Relations (ISPR), Major General Babar Iftikhar, condemned the escape of the banned Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and former Jamaat-ul-Ahrar spokesman Ihsanullah Ihsan. After questioning about the alleged audio tab, she confirmed that Ehsanullah Ehsan was being used during an operation and he escaped during that time.
