Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud (C) sits with other militants in South Waziristan, in this file still image taken from video shot October 4, 2009 and released October 5, 2009.

The ruthless terrorist who gave the killing orders of a 14-year-old school girl and almost killed her is now the chief of Pakistan Taliban.

Maulana Fazlullah has been selected as the new chief of the Pakistan Taliban. Mr Fazlullah has been most notable so far for ordering the assassination of Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistan teenage girl who was shot in head as she refused to follow the Taliban orders against her going to school. Mr Fazlullah is going to take the responsibility of what has been left undone by the former Pakistan Taliban chief, Hakimullah Mehsud, who was recently killed by a U.S. drone attack.

Mr Fazlullah is alternatively known as Mullah Radio as he is also notorious for chilling broadcasts of Talibani propagandas. He brutally occupied the Swat Valley for a couple of years but was eventually outsmarted by an army offensive in 2009.

Shahidullah Shahid, the Taliban spokesman, talked over the telephone from an anonymous location and confirmed the selection of Mr Fazlullah as the new leader. He said that it had been decided by the central shura. He further revealed that the Pakistan Taliban would not be interested in participating in any kind of peace talks with the Pakistan government.

There was celebration with gunfire in some parts of North Waziristan, which are controlled by the Taliban. These are some of the tribal areas which are situated at the border of Afghanistan and termed as 'lawless'. Mr Fazlullah happens to be a drop-out. It was Mr Fazlullah who ordered to close all the girls' schools in the Swat Valley as the leader of the Swat Taliban. Eventually, he gave killing orders for Ms Yousafzai who survived Talibani gunshots only to be selected as the youngest nominee for the Nobel after two years.

Ms Yousafzai discussed about listening to Mr Fazlullah's angry rhetoric in her published memoir "I am Malala." She remembers that Mr Fazlullah declared on Eid that two-legged animals would be sacrificed even though, according to the popular culture, sheep or goats are sacrificed on the occasion. Everyone expected more killings as Mr Fazlullah's declaration was followed by a number of murders in the neighbourhood.