IJAZ AHMAD NADER KHAN, A PAKISTANI NATIONAL, WAS BEHEADED HERE TODAY AFTER BEING CONVICTED OF SMUGGLING HEROIN INTO THE KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA, SAID A STATEMENT RELEASED BY THE INTERIOR MINISTRY. THE CULPRIT WAS CONVICTED BY THE COURT, AND THE VERDICT WAS APPROVED BY THE CASSATION COURT AND THE SUPREME JUDICIAL COUNCIL. THE STATEMENT CONFIRMED THE DETERMINATION OF THE SAUDI GOVERNMENT ON ENSURING LAW AND ORDER AND SEVERELY PUNISHING THE CRIMINALS.