A Pakistani citizen, Nadeem Shahzad, has been sentenced to death and executed in Saudi Arabia for heroin smuggling, according to the Saudi Ministry of Interior. Shahzad was arrested and convicted for smuggling heroin, with his death sentence confirmed by both the appellate court and the Supreme Court. The execution was carried out on September 30 in Dammam.
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The ministry emphasized that this sentence serves as a warning to individuals involved in drug trafficking within the Kingdom. In a similar case in July, Saudi authorities executed another Pakistani national, Gul, in Riyadh for heroin smuggling, following a death sentence that was also upheld by higher courts. These cases reflect Saudi Arabia’s strict stance on drug-related offenses.
