"Baitullah Mehsud is killed; Baitullah Mehsud is alive" is the main topic of discussion in Pakistan.
Pakistan's top security officials state that Pakistan chief Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud is dead but are reluctant to quote it.

A recent development which confirms to a greater extent that Baitullah was certainly in the area is the death of the driver of Mehsud, killed by the same drone aircraft missile that killed Behtullah's family. The driver's brother Abdul Wakil has said that he was called by Talibab to collect Qasim's bdy.