text: Saudi Arabia executes Pakistani man . DUBAI 1996-08-25 Saudi Arabia executed on Sunday a Pakistani man accused of belonging to an armed gang of robbers , Saudi television reported . It quoted an Interior Ministry statement as saying Shabir Ahmad Muhammad Jalil was executed in Mecca . He was the 26th person executed this year in the kingdom . Saudi Arabia beheads convicted drug smugglers , rapists , murderers and other criminals .