Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan Ameer Hakimullah Mehsud has been killed in drone attack. He was killed on 12th January, 2012. According to foreign news agaencies Tehrik-i-Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud was killed by US drone attacks.
Hakimullah Mehsud was successor of Baitullah Mehsud. Hakimullah Mehsud was also known as as Jamshed Mehsud and Zulfiqar Mehsud.
The spokesperson of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan has denied the report of Hakimullah Mehsud killing and has said that he is alive.