01 October 2013 :
Saudi Arabia, on the request of Pakistan embassy, has suspended the capital punishment of 8 Pakistanis accused of being involved in drug smuggling.Pakistan embassy in Saudi Arabia had pleaded to the Saudi government to suspend the implementation of capital punishment given to 8 citizens of Pakistan, until the investigations are completed.
A team of Pakistani diplomats during its visit to different jails of Saudi Arabia has met with 150 Pakistani prisoners arrested under the allegation of drugs smuggling.
Out of 150 prisoners, most have been awarded death sentence while some have been given 10 to 18 years imprisonment.
(Sources: pakistantoday.com.pk, 01/10/2013)
