Extortionists cash in on fear of Taliban

Increased security: A Pakistani policeman searching a car at a checkpoint on the capital’s constitution avenue in Islamabad. — AFP

Criminals demand 'fines' by  using fake letters from Taliban.

It began innocuously enough - two men on a motorbike delivered a plain brown envelope to the home of Mohammed, an Islamabad businessman. But the contents plunged him into a terrifying three-month nightmare.