he authorities in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia on Sunday beheaded a Pakistani in holy city of Mecca for stabbing to death a compatriot. Saudi Interior Ministry said, Pakistani national Altaf Hussein Hati was found guilty of stabbing a man in the throat and leaving him to bleed to death. His beheading brings to 74, the number of people executed so far this year in the kingdom. According to Amnesty International, 79 people were put to death in 2011. Rape, murder, apostasy, armed robbery and drug trafficking are all punishable by death under the Sharia or Islamic law.