Indonesia to hold executions:

Indonesia will execute several people including a Pakistani on Friday, a Pakistani embassy official said, its first executions since last year when it put to death 14 people, most of them foreign drug convicts, sparking an international outcry.

Indonesian officials have said 16 people will be executed this year, including citizens of Nigeria, Zimbabwe and Pakistan, though they have not confirmed any more details.

Syed Zahid Raza, charge d’affaires at the Pakistani embassy in Jakarta, said the embassy had been informed about the imminent execution of the Pakistani, Zulfikar Ali, convicted of smuggling drugs.

“We were invited to meet with officials from the attorney general’s office today who told us the executions will take place on Friday,” Raza told Reuters on Tuesday.

A spokesman for the attorney general’s office declined to comment on any time frame. (RTRS)