By the sword: Pakistani drug smuggler beheaded

So far, 63 people were put to death in Saudi Arabia this year.


Afp November 09, 2012
By the sword: Pakistani drug smuggler beheaded

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Thursday beheaded a Pakistani national convicted of trying to smuggle drugs into the kingdom, the interior ministry announced.

Munawar Khan was arrested at King Khaled International airport in Riyadh as he was trying to “smuggle... an amount of heroin found in his body,” said a ministry statement carried by the official SPA news agency. He was beheaded by the sword in the capital Riyadh, it said. The execution brings to 63 the number of people put to death in Saudi Arabia so far this year, according to an AFP tally based on official reports.

Amnesty International says 79 people were put to death last year.

Published in The Express Tribune, November 9th, 2012.

 

COMMENTS (2)

Jat | 12 years ago | Reply

I am eagerly waiting for the day when Saudi Arabia will absorb Pakistan to create a large, rich and powerful Caliphate.

Mohammad Ali Siddiqui | 12 years ago | Reply

People despite knowing the fact that carrying, using and selling drugs are not allowed in the entire world, they take risk to mint money and become rich overnight.

There should be no compromise at any cost.

I am glad to read that justice have been served by the Saudi Court.

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