RIYADH: Saudi Arabia on Thursday beheaded a Pakistani for heroin smuggling, bringing to 10 the number of people from his country executed in the kingdom for drug trafficking since mid-October.
The sentence against Mohammad Fayad Mohammad Azam was carried out in the capital Riyadh, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.
Azam was the latest of 79 foreigners and Saudis executed in the kingdom this year. More than two-thirds of this year’s executions have occurred over the past four months.
The interior ministry says the government is battling narcotics “because of their great harm to individuals and society”.
Published in Dawn, December 12th, 2014
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Naeem
Dec 12, 2014 09:06am
I cant believe people continue to do heroin smuggling in Saudia when they know they could be executed.
Or, is there something else going on in Saudia that we dont know, I mean - bad justice system or discrimination ?
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W.Shaikh
Dec 12, 2014 09:29am
This has to stop. Pakistan must protest to Saudi government about this inhumane treatment of her citizens. Saudi government has no courage to execute any western citizen. I have read several news story that King has pardoned western criminals
on the request of western government. This is discrimination and blatant violation of human rights of Pakistan citizens. Pakistan must send a loud and clear message to Saudi government about this matter.
I understand every country has laws and visitors must respect and obey them. However; drugs or other petty crimes do not deserve execution by beheading.
I urge my Pakistani brothers and sisters to raise their voices against this inhumane treatment of Pakistani citizens.
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Ali
Dec 12, 2014 09:41am
Where are the ANF team who are deputed on Airport and how these people embarked on plan and this is mater of shame for us that our country fellow indulge in Smuggling of narcotics. The concern have to perform their duties and its mean that there is loophole somewhere within our team.
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Sunil
Dec 12, 2014 09:57am
Shows the mentality of Pakistanis carrying drugs to holy kingdom.
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banKimoon
Dec 12, 2014 10:00am
Saudi's don't consider south asian Muslims as a pure Muslims.
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Sth zaidi
Dec 12, 2014 10:08am
No comments very conspicuous .
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Rajab Ali
Dec 12, 2014 10:24am
A big question mark on our airports security system!
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reality bites
Dec 12, 2014 10:42am
Ahhhh... the beheadings. Good old Saudi Arabia.
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Mohammad Iqbal
Dec 12, 2014 11:03am
@Naeem . No bad justice. Heroin smuggling from Pakistan is on the go and the partners are some travel agents from Gjuranwala, pindi and Lahore, ANF staff at airports and immigration staff, and to some extent cabin crew of PIA. If we open this pandora box, you will reach the parliament lodges. Dont blame saudi judiciary as there are no dogra or iftikhars there
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Sher khan
Dec 12, 2014 11:11am
No doubt saudi has the lowest crime rates.
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Ashraf Choudhry
Dec 12, 2014 11:18am
Why not carry out this sacred act in our own Pakland before departure.At least confidentiality can be assured.
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muhammad
Dec 12, 2014 11:23am
Total absence of Sharia laws. May Allah have mercy on the muslim ummah.
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Khalid
Dec 12, 2014 12:00pm
My Pakistani brothers and sisters, le us admit that this is exactly what we have become. Get quick rich, without education is what we all try to do. Also, getting rich by any means is our first approach. That is why you see so many people around us who are not educated, have no skills but still seem to have a lots of money. There is no nation on earth as lazy and as uneducated as us. Let us wake up before it is too late.
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Ravi
Dec 12, 2014 12:10pm
@W.Shaikh Are these be-headings in accordance to Sharia? This what even Pakistan's taliban wants right?
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True Fact
Dec 12, 2014 12:14pm
@W.Shaikh Besides that you should also urge them to stop drug trafficking...
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Pats
Dec 12, 2014 12:33pm
@Khalid Will any Pakistani is educated enough to read and comprehend what you have stated here?
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Hakim
Dec 12, 2014 01:04pm
Discrimination definitely! Some ruthless country and sets most horrible and negative image of Islam
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Indian
Dec 12, 2014 01:27pm
Highest number of Pakistani's beheaded in Saudi Arabia. No protest anywhere.
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Sajjad Khan
Dec 12, 2014 01:30pm
@Mohammad Iqbal How unfortunate !!!!!
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Faisal
Dec 12, 2014 01:46pm
As old saying, buray kammo ka bura result.
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ali balochistan
Dec 12, 2014 03:04pm
@Faisal smuggling drugs is a crime in any country. saudis are right.
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Reader
Dec 12, 2014 03:24pm
Pakistanis don't learn from past experiences of others. Same old story.
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Hassan
Dec 12, 2014 04:04pm
I have posted so many comments on the previous beheadings that now I am completely speechless. Only thing left to say is that Nawaz Government is completely toothless.
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Sunshine(USA)
Dec 12, 2014 05:02pm
Are these smugglers so desperate ? Addiction is a complex disease.
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Khattak
Dec 12, 2014 05:19pm
It's Simple don't smuggle heroin to others countries and respect laws of other nation , drugs kills and destroy the fabric of community and family's,
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Farhan
Dec 12, 2014 08:44pm
Yet International Human Rights saviors have no concern over absence of fair trial in Saudi Arabia. Neither are they concern with democracy. Does this raise questions?
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Civi varghese
Dec 13, 2014 05:28am
why they are beheading only pakistanis?
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JUSTICE
Dec 13, 2014 08:54am
Stupid Saudi continue killing people, instead of rehab them or send them back to their home country.
Recently EU ask Pakistan to stop capital punishment but they don't have guts to ask Saudi government to stop capital punishment in Saudi Arab.
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Niaz Ali
Dec 13, 2014 02:10pm
very sad.. ALLAH is most merciful and forgiving, there is a question mark on those peoples who killing the peoples, what they are on the Way of ALLAH and Prophet (PBUH) or .......????????
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