"He is reported to have managed the finances for the 11 September 2001 attacks in New York and Washington.

In a rare interview with Pakistan's Geo TV in 2008, he said al-Qaeda was 'properly involved' in those attacks, as well as the 1998 attacks on US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

He also denounced the Pakistani government for fighting Islamic militants, justified suicide attacks, and predicted victory for Taliban and al-Qaeda forces in Afghanistan.

He is believed to have been jailed in Egypt in 1982 in connection with the assassination of Egypt's then-President Anwar Sadat."