Islamabad: Pakistan authorities have filed cases against Osama bin Laden’s three widows for illegally entering and living in Pakistan, while his kids are free to leave the country, Interior Minister Rehman Malik has said.
“The Federal Investigation Agency and legal experts decided that action should be taken against them according to the law. A case has been registered according to Pakistani laws. They have been produced in court and they are now in judicial remand,” Malik said yesterday. No cases were registered against the minor children who were free to leave the country, Malik said.
“The children can leave (Pakistan) if they wish but it depends on whether their mother will allow them to leave,” he said. Malik declined to give details about the slain Al-Qaeda chief’s family members, including the number of children.
The widows were charged under the Foreigners Act and Pakistan Penal Code for illegally entering and living in the country and their case would be determined by the court, he said. Bin Laden was killed by US special forces during a raid in the garrison town of Abbottabad on May 2 last year. (PTI)
