RIYADH, Nov 23: Saudi Arabia beheaded by the sword on Friday a Pakistani man found guilty of drug trafficking, the interior ministry said.
Aslam Khan was executed in Riyadh for smuggling heroin into the kingdom, the ministry said in a statement.
The latest beheading brings the number of people executed in the kingdom so far year to a record 150. The previous highest number of executions in a year was in 2000, when 113 people were beheaded. —AFP