Pakistani beheaded

Published February 27, 2015
— Reuters/File
— Reuters/File

RIYADH: Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani convicted of heroin trafficking on Thursday, bringing to 33 the number of death sentences carried out in the first two months of the year. Authorities executed Hafiz Wifaq Rasoul Shah in Madina, an interior ministry statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency said.

Published in Dawn, February 27th, 2015

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