Unfortunately this is a very old news, long time back during Mush time I remember TTP laid claims on many of businesses or extorted money from them a la bhatta, some “mines” or quarries were taken over for their money, recently there was a news about Saudis financing of “madrassahs”, there were few news articles of ‘kidnap-for-ransom’ on the rise and one of the kidnappers was caught and he said that they are doing it to finance the “jihad”, I am sure they are also involved in many robberies around the country.