Maulana Fazlullah, popularlyknown as ‘Radio Mullah', was born Fazal Hayat to Biladar Khan, a Pashtun of Babukarkhel clan of the Yusufzai tribe of the Swat District in 1974.
It is said that Fazlullah's life changed after he married the daughter of Sufi Muhammad, the founder of Tehreek-e-Nafaz-e-Shariat-e-Mohammadi.
It was after his marriage that Fazlullah started propagating his extereme views on an FM channel that came to be known as ‘Radio Mullah' later on.