ISLAMABAD, Jul 8 (APP): Top militant commander in Swat valley Maulana Fazalullah has been critically injured in an attack by the security forces, Director General ISPR Major Gen. Athar Abbas said. “We have received credible information about his sustaining critical injuries following an attack by the security forces,” he said in a briefing to the media here on Wednesday.

Answering a question about extension of operation Rah-e-Nijat from South Waziristan Agency (SWA) to North Waziristan Agency (NWA), he said there was no such plan. However, he said in SWA, reliable sources have confirmed that Baitullah Mehsud is making all out efforts to get a Fatwa from Mufti Abdul Rehman and Mufti Niamat Ullah of Makeen to announce that suicide attacks against government installations, mosques and madrassas are authorized as per dictates of Islam.

He said the operation Rah-e-Nijat is against terrorists led by Baitullah Mehsud who is responsible for the terrorist attacks in settled parts of the country.