Pak Taliban website mysteriously taken down taken down 24 hours after launch

A Pakistani Taliban website was mysteriously taken down taken down less than a day after its launch.

The banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) had launched UmarMedia.com - a website hosting videos, a magazine, and its leaders' interviews and statements.

A news release issued by the information and publication wing of the TTP said Umar Media, the 'media wing' of the militant group, had sponsored the website.

According to Dawn News, deeper investigation into the domain's registered records revealed that the website was hosted by a company from Punjab.

Speaking on conditions of anonymity, the owner of the company said he had no idea who the client was.

He added that the order for the domain and the website were placed through an address from Karachi, and the client always used proxy servers to access the online administrative panel.

The website contained the TTP flag, verses from the Holy Quran, statements and videos containing sectarian, hate and propaganda material, especially against security forces, a message of TTP deputy Shaikh Khalid Haqqani for the people of Balochistan, and pictures of slain TTP chief Hakimullah Mehsud and his successor and current chief Maulvi Fazlullah, the report said.

The website is now inaccessible and shows a '404 - Not Found' error.