Saudi Arabia executes convicted Pakistani 'drug trafficker'

AFP Published March 23, 2017

Saudi Arabia executed two convicted 'drug traffickers', including a Pakistani national, on Thursday, Saudi state media reported.

The Saudi Press Agency named the two men as a Saudi Arabian national Nasser Harshan and Pakistani national Namtallah Khasta Qul.

Both were put to death Thursday after being convicted of drug trafficking in the kingdom.

SPA said Harshan was a repeat offender found guilty of dealing hashish. Qul was found guilty of dealing heroin.

Most Saudi executions are carried out by beheading with a sword, in what the ministry says is a deterrent.

The latest executions have increased the number of prisoners killed in the kingdom to 20 so far this year.

More than 150 people were executed last year in Saudi Arabia, according to London-based rights group Amnesty International.

Amnesty reported 158 death penalties in the country for 2015, the highest annual rate in the past two decades.

Among those executed last year was Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr, a high-profile figure behind a string of Shia protests in 2011 demanding reform in the Sunni-ruled kingdom.

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qamar zaman

Mar 23, 2017 06:55pm

I wish such a rule to be applied in our Country also. Then it will be the highest developed ranking country in the world.

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Hassan

Mar 23, 2017 07:09pm

@qamar zaman : In our country, only poor people will be beheaded, Rich will get away with anything......

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iqbal aswani

Mar 23, 2017 07:40pm

@qamar zaman If you really think that a real culprit was punished after fair trial, then I only can smile on you. Sometimes you have to be at place to see the reality.

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MSAlvi

Mar 23, 2017 09:35pm

@iqbal aswan Very true.

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meer

Mar 23, 2017 11:58pm

@Hassan correct like Panama.

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Raja

Mar 24, 2017 01:12am

@qamar zaman how come saudi couldn't develop despite having these harsh environment???

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aslam

Mar 24, 2017 01:33am

So much for brotherly love between Muslims. Saudi hospitality for Pakistanis ix exemplary.

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