If you think sorcery is limited to just the Harry Porter series, then the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) will like to differ.
The militant group has claimed that Pakistan's government resorted to sorcery to cause headache and body pain to its slain chief Hakeemullah Mehsud.
Mehsud sought spiritual treatment from an Arab healer prior to the fatal drone strike on November 1, the TTP said in a statement.
In the last days of his life, Mehsud had received spiritual treatment which improved his health and he was able to step up militant activities, the statement claimed.
"Although he had no symptom of any disease, Hakeemullah's health had been steadily declining because of the government's sorcery," the TTP was quoted by The Dawn as saying.
The TTP paid tribute to its slain leader for "masterminding a suicide bombing" by a Jordanian fighter at a CIA base in Khost, Afghanistan, in December 2009 and the car bombing attempt at New York's Times Square by Faisal Shahzad in May 2010.
Other leaders like Waliur Rahman, Saeed Allah, Jalal, Wali Badshah and Mehsud's uncle Khair Mohammad also lost their lives when his car was hit by three missiles at the entrance to Mehsud's home, the statement said.
