RIYADH: Saudi Arabia beheaded a Pakistani man on Tuesday after he was convicted of smuggling a 'large amount' of heroin into the kingdom, the Interior Ministry said. "Salim Shah Sayed Shah, a Pakistani, was accused of smuggling a large amount of the heroin drug into the kingdom," said an Interior Ministry statement carried by state news agency SPA, adding that he was executed in the holy city of Makkah. Shah's execution brings the number of beheadings in the kingdom so far this year to 16, according to an AFP tally based on official reports. Human rights group Amnesty International said Saudi Arabia executed 79 people in 2011.