KSA beheads Pakistani ‘drug trafficker’

Author: AFP

RIYADH: A Pakistani citizen was among six people convicted of drug trafficking and homicide were executed in Saudi Arabia on Monday, the government said.

The Pakistani man was beheaded for drug trafficking and five Saudi nationals for homicide, the Interior Ministry said.

Monday’s executions bring to 44 the number of convicts put to death this year, according to an AFP tally of government statements.

The oil-rich kingdom has one of the world’s highest rates of execution, with suspects convicted of terrorism, homicide, rape, armed robbery and drug trafficking facing the death penalty.

Published in Daily Times, July 11th , 2017.

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