SAUDI ARABIA: PAKISTANI EXECUTED FOR DRUG SMUGGLING

Saudi authorities beheaded by the sword a Pakistani convicted of smuggling heroin, the interior ministry said.
Wajid Ali Zarnoosh was found guilty of trafficking heroin into Saudi Arabia, the ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.
His beheading in Qatif, Eastern Province, brings to 50 the number of people executed in the ultra-conservative kingdom this year.