Mansehra Assistant Commissioner Adil Waseem was injured on Saturday in the Mansehra AC attack in Nowshera, when unknown gunmen opened fire on his official vehicle in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Nowshera district, officials said.
The Assistant Commissioner was hurt in the Panah Kot area while returning from his native village Saleh Khana in the district, Nowshera police officials said. He was taken to hospital straight after the shooting.
Condition and hospital update
Muhammad Asim, spokesperson for Peshawar’s Lady Reading Hospital, said Waseem was “stable” and was receiving medical treatment. Officials have not released further public detail on the nature of his injuries beyond confirming that he was wounded in the attack and remains under care.
Police response in Nowshera
Nowshera District Police Officer Sonia Shamroz said the area was cordoned off at once and a search operation was started. She said a team had been formed to arrest those behind the Mansehra AC attack in Nowshera, a case had been registered, and the investigation was under way.
Police have described the assailants as unknown gunmen. No claim of responsibility or further identity of the attackers was given in the official accounts available.
Wider security context in KP
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa has faced growing security pressure in recent years, including assaults on law-enforcement personnel and civil officials. The Centre for Research and Security Studies reported an 83 per cent rise in violence-linked fatalities in Pakistan in the third quarter of 2026, after declines in the first and second quarters. KP and Balochistan together accounted for 98 per cent of those deaths in that period, with Balochistan recording 829 fatalities and KP 556.
Timeline: what has happened so far
- July 2025: Nawagai subdivision Assistant Commissioner Faisal Ismail and four others were killed in an explosion that targeted a government vehicle in Bajaur.
- December 2025: Miranshah Assistant Commissioner Shah Wali was among four people martyred after an official’s vehicle came under attack in Bannu.
- Last week: Four policemen, including a Counter-Terrorism Department official and a station house officer, were martyred in Karak during an exchange of fire in which two terrorists were also killed.
- Thursday night: A police officer was martyred after terrorists attacked a police post in Bajaur’s Barang tehsil.
- Saturday: Mansehra AC Adil Waseem was injured when gunmen fired on his official vehicle in Nowshera’s Panah Kot area.
Aasan alfaaz mein
Mansehra ke Assistant Commissioner Adil Waseem par Nowshera mein goliyan chali hain. Un ki sarkari gaari Panah Kot ke ilaqe mein attack ki nishana bani, aur woh hospital mein treatment le rahe hain. Hospital ne kaha hai ke un ki haalat stable hai. Police ne ilaqa gher liya hai aur hamlay walon ko pakarne ki investigation shuru ki hai.
