Mecca (HRNW) – A Pakistani expatriate in Saudi Arabia was executed today for drug smuggling.
According to Saudi media, the Pakistani citizen was sentenced to death in Mecca. The sentence was previously handed down by a competent court and upheld by the Supreme Court.
The convict was identified as Shiraz Khan, son of Nader Khan. It was also confirmed that the convict was given access to all kinds of legal assistance and support.
It was not clear how the Pakistani citizen was executed. In Saudi Arabia, beheading is most common, or shooting, and in some cases, hanging.
Today, a Saudi citizen was also sentenced to death in the city of Dammam for terrorism, attacks on security personnel, kidnapping and killing a judge, and attempting to destroy oil installations.
Saudi Arabia is among the countries in the world with the highest death penalty rates, and a large number of these cases have involved Pakistani expatriates.
It should be noted that the death penalty rate for Pakistani citizens in Saudi Arabia is more than 15 per year, in which cases are drug trafficking, murder, theft and under religious restrictions.
In Saudi Arabia, drug trafficking is considered a very serious crime, which carries the death penalty directly.
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