The family of Osama bin Laden is expected to be deported from Pakistan to Saudi Arabia in the next few hours.They were supposed to have been flown out of the country on a chartered plane at around midnight but the deportation has been delayed due to last minute changes to the paperwork, according to officials.
Bin Laden's three wives and nine children have been under arrest since he was killed in a compound in Abbottabad in a raid by US Navy Seals last May.
The family have been questioned extensively over the last year by Pakistani authorities but they have not been charged with any offences relating to terrorist activity.
They have though been convicted of the relatively minor crime of illegally entering and staying in the country.
They were sentenced to 45 days in jail.
The prison term which was spent at a plush, well-guarded villa in Islamabad ended on Tuesday.
The manner and length of time they have been detained by the Pakistanis has been controversial.
There have been accusations that the country's intelligence service, the ISI, has detained them for so long because they held extremely sensitive information. Read More
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