Saudi Arabia on Thursday beheaded a Pakistani man for heroin smuggling, the 13th prisoner from Pakistan to be executed in the kingdom for drug trafficking since mid-October.
His beheading in the western Mecca province brings to 87 the number of Saudis and foreigners executed this year in the oil-flush state, according to an AFP tally.
Saudi Arabia has one of the world’s highest execution tolls.
Sadruddin Saeedullah Khan was caught smuggling “a large amount of heroin, “the Interior Ministry said.
