The acting TTP chief said in comments to BBC (Urdu) on telephone that a Shoora meeting will be held soon to change the name of the organisation.

He added that TTP chief Baitullah Mehsud is alive and is in hiding due to his illness.

During interrogation Moulvi Omar claimed that Mehsud was killed in a US drone attack.

North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Information Minister Iftikhar Hussain told reporters that Moulvi Omar had confirmed the death of Baitullah Mehsud during investigations.