Islamabad: Pakistan's federal cabinet might discuss the "mysterious escape" of Taliban militant Ehsanullah Ehsan from the custody of security agencies at its meeting on Thursday, a media report said.

The development was hinted by federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari during an exclusive chat with Dawn on Wednesday.

In response to a question about reports of the Ehsanullah's escape, Mazari told Dawn that though the issue did not fall in her Ministry's purview, "it will be raised and discussed in the Thursday's meeting of the federal cabinet".

Ehsanullah, the former spokesman for the banned Tehreek-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) who had surrendered before the Pakistan Army three years ago, according to sources, was set free by the Pakistani security establishment in lieu of credible information he provided against other Pakistani militants.

As per the pact between the two sides, the Pakistan Army and ISI had promised not only to rebuild Ehsan's destroyed house in his native village, but also committed to not subject him to any torture and instead give him a safe place and protection, (Pakistani)Rs 1 crore and permission to use a cell phone and Internet.