Pakistan today deported 14 members of Osama bin Laden's family, including his three widows, to Saudi Arabia, days before the first anniversary of the death of the Al Qaeda chief.

The family was taken amidst tight security at around midnight to Chaklala military airbase in Rawalpindi, where a special Saudi aircraft was standing by to fly out the women and children.

Security agencies sent a mini bus to the house in Sector G-6 of Islamabad where the family was being held to transport them to the airport.

The widows initially refused to enter the bus in the presence of large number of journalists who had gathered at the house and officials covered its windows with plastic sheets.