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Saturday, April 14, 2012
Pakistan to deport Osama family to KSA next week
Staff Report
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan will deport Osama bin Laden’s three widows and two daughters to Saudi Arabia next week after their jail sentence for illegal residency ends, their lawyer Aamir Khalil said on Friday.
The five were detained after a secret US special forces raid killed the al Qaeda chief in Abbottabad in May last year.
Earlier this month, a court sentenced the women to 45 days in prison for illegally staying in the country. It ordered their deportation after the prison term, which began on March 3 when they were formally arrested. They are currently under house arrest in a home in Islamabad.
“It is probable that they will be deported to Saudi Arabia on April 18 since they will finish serving the sentence on April 17,” Khalil said.
Two of the widows are Saudi citizens while the third is a Yemeni. They are among 16 people who had been arrested from Abbottabad following the US raid.Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk