Iqbal alias Bali Khayara, a member of Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) and Al-Qaeda, who was wanted over the attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore in 2009, has been killed in a police encounter near Fateh Moor in Dera Ismail Khan, authorities said on Thursday.

According to Daily Pakistan, Khayara was one of the most wanted terrorists, and the Punjab and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa police had offered a reward of Rs10.5 million for his capture, whether dead or alive.After Iqbal attacked the police, they responded by killing him and one of his accomplices.Iqbal was wanted in connection with 26 terrorist attacks and targeted assassinations.