RIYADH – Yet another Pakistani national has been executed in Saudi Arabia,media report has revealed.
As per media report, Saudi Arabia on Sunday executed a Pakistaninational after he was found guilty of smuggling drugs into the Kingdom.
Lal Khan was caught smuggling heroin and the accused was convicted by thecourt with the sentence endorsed by the appeal and Supreme Courts. A royalorder was issued to execute the sentence.
On Oct 1, a Pakistan national named Zahed Al-Rahman Shafie Al-Rahman wasbeheaded in Saudi Arabia’s eastern region after he was caught smugglingheroin inside his intestines.
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The Kingdom’s laws on drug smuggling are among the strictest in the worldand it has carried out multiple executions of those convicted of the crime.
In July, two Pakistani nationals and a Lebanese national were executed inthe Kingdom, while a Nigerian national was executed in Madinah in June forsmuggling cocaine in his intestines.
