A Pakistani national was beheaded by the sword in the Kingdom's southwest on Wednesday for the murder of an Afghan, the Interior Ministry announced.

Mohammed Ayub Ajab Khan was convicted of having killed Khair Mohammed Saz by striking him with several blows from a metallic object, according to a ministry statement carried by the Saudi Press Agency.

The beheading raised to 34 the number of executions announced in Saudi Arabia so far this year, according to an AFP tally.