Peshawar: In an unusual case, a man in Pakistan's Malakand tribal agency has publicly disinherited his son after accusing him of being a US agent engaged by the Americans to help capture Saudi renegade Osama bin Laden.

Shahzad Gul, a resident of village Syed Rajore, Keerho Gudar, in Dargai, Malakand Agency, paid for a big advertisement on Wednesday in an Urdu daily, Azadi, published from Swat, to announce he had disinherited his son Hussain Gul. A picture of the bearded Hussain Gul was also inserted in the advertisement, the NNI news agency reported.

Accusing Hussain Gul of being an agent of the US, his father claimed in the advertisement that the son was wanted by the Taliban-led Afghan government for allegedly assisting the Americans to capture bin Laden, who is living in Afghanistan.

"The government of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has announced a substantial monetary reward for anyone who can help them arrest my son Hussain Gul. In his place, the Taliban have also taken away my younger son, Deedar Gul, who is barely 19," announced the worried father in his strange advertisement.

In the advertisement, Shahzad Gul assured the Taliban that he would hand his son over if he was able to locate him. He also declared that he wouldn't be responsible for any act of his son in future. "I disinherit my son Hussain Gul of all my moveable and immovable property due to his disobedience, his involvement in undesirable activities and for allegedly working as an agent for the U.S. Those dealing with him may do so at their own risk," read the advertisement.

Osama bin Laden has been on the United States' most wanted list since the bombing of the American embassies in Kenya and Tanzania two years ago. Washington has squarely blamed bin Laden for the two blasts, which claimed over 200 lives and left hundreds injured. Now pressure is being mounted on the Taliban to hand him over to the United States to face justice for his 'criminal' acts. Earlier, the US had asked the Taliban to expel bin Laden from Afghanistan, and when this request was not acceded to, the United States fired missiles at suspected camps of bin Laden in Afghanistan.